classic A classic is an outstanding example of a particular style; something of Masterpiece, lasting worth or with a timeless quality; of the first or Literary merit, highest quality, class, or rank – something that Exemplification, exemplifies its ...

is something that is a perfect example of a particular style, something of lasting worth or with a timeless quality. Classic or The Classic may also refer to:

Common uses

Classics Classics, also classical studies or Ancient Greek and Roman studies, is the study of classical antiquity. In the Western world, ''classics'' traditionally refers to the study of Ancient Greek literature, Ancient Greek and Roman literature and ...

, study of culture of Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome

Literature

Classic book A classic is a book accepted as being exemplary or particularly noteworthy. What makes a book "classic" is a concern that has occurred to various authors ranging from Italo Calvino to Mark Twain and the related questions of "Why Read the Cl ...

* ''Classic'' (novel), a novel in the ''It Girl'' series

Film

* ''Classic'' (1998 film), a Russian film * ''The Classic'' (2001 film), a Finnish film * ''The Classic'' (2003 film), a South Korean film * ''Classic'' (2016 film), a Nepali film

Music

* Classical period

Albums

* ''Classic'' (Eric B. & Rakim album) * ''The Classic'' (Joan as Police Woman album) * ''Classic'' (Joe McElderry album), 2011 * ''Classic'' (Living Legends album), 2005 * ''Classic'' (Rah Digga album) * ''The Classic'' (Shinhwa album) * ''Classic'' (Terri Clark album), 2012 * Classic (Bryan Adams album), 2022

Extended plays

* ''Classic'' by

Robyn Ottolini Robyn Ottolini is a Canadian country singer and songwriter. She has released five extended plays as well as the platinum-certified single "F-150". Early life Robyn Ottolini was raised in Uxbridge, Ontario and began songwriting at the age of 13. ...

, 2020

Songs

* "Classic" (Adrian Gurvitz song), 1982 * "Classic" (The Knocks song), 2014 * "Classic" (MKTO song), 2013 * "

Classic (Better Than I've Ever Been) "Classic (Better Than I've Ever Been)" is a song by American rappers Kanye West, Nas, and KRS-One. Produced by Rick Rubin and DJ Premier, it was released as a single on February 20, 2007 by Nike Records. It was performed live at the Nike Air F ...

", by Rakim, Kanye West, Nas, and KRS-One, 2007 * "Classic", by

Dallas Smith Dallas Hendry Smith (born December 4, 1977) is a Canadian singer and songwriter, who performs both as a solo country music artist and as lead singer for the hard rock band Default. He is currently signed to Big Loud Records. Smith is the curr ...

, 2020 * "Classic", by Hieroglyphics from '' Full Circle'', 2003

Sports

Association football

* Several football rivalries that are translations of the word "classic", or include translations in their names

Golf

Air Capital Classic The Wichita Open is a golf tournament on the Korn Ferry Tour. Formerly known as the Air Capital Classic, it is played annually at the Crestview Country Club in Wichita, Kansas Wichita ( ) is the List of cities in Kansas, most populous city ...

AT&T Champions Classic The AT&T Champions Classic was a professional golf tournament on the Champions Tour in southern California from 1990 to 2009. A mid-autumn event through 2000, it was moved to late winter in 2001. AT&T was the main sponsor of the tournament for ...

Atlanta Classic The Atlanta Classic was a golf tournament on the PGA Tour, a regular stop in suburban Atlanta for over four decades. It was founded in 1967, although previous events dating to 1934 are included in the PGA Tour's past winners list. AT&T was the las ...

Bob Hope Classic The Desert Classic (currently known as The American Express for sponsorship reasons; previously known as the CareerBuilder Challenge, Palm Springs Golf Classic, the Bob Hope Desert Classic, the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic, and the Humana Challeng ...

Byron Nelson Classic The Byron Nelson is a golf tournament in Texas on the PGA Tour, currently hosted by TPC Craig Ranch in McKinney, northeast of Dallas. Held in May, it is one of two PGA Tour stops in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex – which until the 2020-21 ...

Chile Classic The Chile Classic is a golf tournament on the Korn Ferry Tour. It is played annually in Santiago, Chile. From 2012 to 2014, it was played at the Prince of Wales Country Club. In 2015, it moved to the Club de Golf Mapocho. It was one of several tou ...

CIMB Classic The CIMB Classic was a professional golf tournament in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour and the PGA Tour. Played in the fall, the event debuted in 2010 and moved to the West Course of the TPC Kuala Lumpur in 2013; the firs ...

* Colombian Classic *

Dubai Desert Classic The Dubai Desert Classic is a European Tour golf tournament held on Majlis course at Emirates Golf Club in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. In 1999 and 2000 it was held at Dubai Creek Golf & Yacht Club, all other editions have been held at Emirates ...

Greenbrier Classic The Greenbrier Classic was a golf tournament on the PGA Tour, held from 2010 to 2019 at The Old White at The Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. For its final two editions, the tournament was titled A Military Tribute at the Gree ...

* Heritage Classic (golf) *

Honda Classic The Cognizant Classic is a professional golf tournament on the PGA Tour in south Florida. It was founded in 1972 as "Jackie Gleason's Inverrary Classic". Prior to a schedule change in 2021, this was frequently the first of the Florida events in ...

John Deere Classic The John Deere Classic is a professional golf tournament on the PGA Tour. It is played annually in July, usually the week before The Open Championship, at TPC Deere Run in the Quad Cities community of Silvis, Illinois. History The tournament bega ...

Kia Classic The JTBC Classic (officially the JTBC Classic Presented by Barbasol) was a women's professional golf tournament on the LPGA Tour, held in Carlsbad, California. The tournament was held at the Aviara Golf Club. History The winner of the inaugura ...

* Lexus Panama Classic *

Marathon Classic The Greater Toledo Classic is a women's professional golf tournament on the Legends of the LPGA and Epson Tours. It was founded in 1984 and has been played yearly, except in 1986 and 2011, in Sylvania, Ohio, a suburb northwest of Toledo. His ...

McGladrey Classic The RSM Classic is a golf tournament on the PGA Tour, played in the autumn in Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. It debuted in October 2010 on St. Simons Island, Georgia at the Sea Island Golf Club. The tournament was known as the McGladrey Classic un ...

Meijer LPGA Classic The Meijer LPGA Classic is a women's professional golf tournament in Michigan on the LPGA Tour. Founded in 2014, it is played at Blythefield Country Club in Belmont, a suburb northeast of Grand Rapids. Mirim Lee won the inaugural tournament ...

OHL Classic at Mayakoba The World Wide Technology Championship is a professional golf tournament on the PGA Tour in Mexico, contested at the Tiger Woods-designed El Cardonal golf course within the Diamante Cabo San Lucas resort. It debuted in February 2007 and was the fi ...

* Pennsylvania Classic *

Personal Classic The Argentina Classic is a men's professional golf tournament held in Argentina and has been part of the PGA Tour Latinoamérica schedule since 2012. The tournament was first played on PGA Tour Latinoamérica in December 2012 as the "Olivos Golf ...

Portland Classic The Standard Portland Classic is a women's professional golf tournament in Oregon on the LPGA Tour. Founded in 1972, the annual event in the Portland area is the oldest continuous event on the LPGA Tour. Tournament Golf Foundation has owned ...

ShopRite LPGA Classic The ShopRite LPGA Classic, known in full for sponsorship reasons as The ShopRite LPGA Classic Presented by Acer, is a women's professional golf tournament on the LPGA Tour in Galloway, New Jersey, near Atlantic City. It took place annually fro ...

Southern Farm Bureau Classic The Sanderson Farms Championship is a professional golf tournament on the PGA Tour, played annually in Mississippi. It moved to the Country Club of Jackson in Jackson in autumn 2014, early in the 2015 season. The tournament has been part of the P ...

* St. Jude Classic * Stonebrae Classic * Thornberry Creek LPGA Classic * Toto Japan Classic * True Thailand Classic *

Volunteers of America LPGA North Dallas Classic The Volunteers of America Classic was a women's professional golf tournament in Texas on the LPGA Tour. It debuted in April 2013 at Las Colinas Country Club in Irving, northwest of downtown Dallas. Volunteers of America, the title sponsor, is ...

* Walt Disney World Golf Classic *

Zurich Classic of New Orleans The Zurich Classic of New Orleans is a professional golf tournament in Louisiana on the PGA Tour, currently held at TPC Louisiana in Avondale, a suburb southwest of New Orleans. Beginning in 1938 and held annually since 1958, it is commonly pla ...

Tennis

Birmingham Classic (tennis) The Lexus Birmingham Open (previously sponsored by Rothesay) is a WTA 125 women's tennis tournament on the WTA Tour, and an ATP Challenger Tour 125 men's tournament since 2025. It is held at the Edgbaston Priory Club in Edgbaston, Birmingh ...

Stanford Classic The Silicon Valley Classic was a tennis tournament on the WTA Tour held on the campus of San Jose State University in San Jose, California. Started in 1971, the tournament was the oldest women's-only tournament in the world and was played on outdoo ...

* Thunderbird Classic (tennis)

Other sports

Classic (snooker) The Classic was a professional snooker tournament, which began in 1980 and ended in 1992. It was originally a non-ranking event, but became ranking in 1984. Steve Davis won the event six times and was the last champion. History The tournament ...

, a professional snooker tournament, 1980–1992 * Fall Classic, colloquial term for the World Series in Major League Baseball *

World Baseball Classic The World Baseball Classic (WBC), also referred to as the Classic, is an international baseball tournament sanctioned by the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC), the sport's global governing body, and organized in World Baseball Clas ...

, major senior national championship of baseball

Other uses

* Classic 22, a Canadian sailboat design *

Classic (transit bus) The Classic was a single-deck bus developed by General Motors Diesel from its previous-generation New Look design. The "Classic" was nearly identical to the New Look from the belt rail up, but sported a new front which allowed for a wider fro ...

, a bus developed by GM * Classic (cigarette), Indian cigarette brand * BlackBerry Classic, a smartphone by BlackBerry Limited *

Classic Environment This is a list of built-in apps and system components developed by Apple Inc. for macOS that come bundled by default or are installed through a system update. Many of the default programs found on macOS have counterparts on Apple's other operat ...

, the OS X environment for running pre-OS X Mac applications * ''The Classic'', the school newspaper of

Townsend Harris High School Townsend Harris High School (THHS; often also shortened to Townsend Harris or simply Townsend) is a public high school for the humanities in the New York City borough of Queens. It is located on the campus of Queens College, a public college p ...

* ''The Classic'', South African literary journal founded in 1963 by

Nat Nakasa Nathaniel Ndazana Nakasa (12 May 193714 July 1965), better known as Nat Nakasa, was a South African journalist and short story writer. Early life Nat Nakasa was born in outside Durban, South Africa, on 12 May 1937; his mother Alvina was a teac ...