chronicle

[ kron-i-kuhl ]

noun

1. a chronological record of events; a history.

verb (used with object)

, chron·i·cled, chron·i·cling.

1. to record in or as in a chronicle.

   Synonyms: report, narrate, relate, recount

chronicle

/ ˈkrɒnɪkəl /

noun

1. a record or register of events in chronological order

verb

1. tr to record in or as if in a chronicle

Derived Forms

• ˈchronicler, noun

Other Words From

• chroni·cler noun
• un·chroni·cled adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of chronicle¹

1275–1325; Middle English cronicle < Anglo-French, variant, with -le -ule, of Old French cronique < Medieval Latin cronica (feminine singular), Latin chronica (neuter plural) < Greek chroniká annals, chronology; chronic

Word History and Origins

Origin of chronicle¹

C14: from Anglo-French cronicle, via Latin chronica (pl), from Greek khronika annals, from khronikos relating to time; see chronic

Example Sentences

River officials did not allow him to take with him the two envelopes with the manuscripts of these chronicles and other articles.

From Washington Blade

I began to write these chronicles at Bossier with the simple goal of distracting my mind from the hell in which I was immersed.

From Washington Blade

Thirst, her debut, didn’t emerge for six more years, but those post-hike chronicles provided the details that make it such a compelling read.

From Outside Online

His resulting chronicle became a bestselling book, The Outlaw Ocean, but that only spurred Urbina to go farther.

From Outside Online

She welcomed trail magic from strangers who followed her journey online via her frank Instagram chronicles.

From Outside Online

This monthly series will chronicle the history of the American century as seen through the eyes of its novelists.

From The Daily Beast

Reprinted with permission from WWII: A Chronicle of Soldiering by James Jones, published by the University of Chicago Press.

From The Daily Beast

The San Francisco Chronicle called it "choppy and flawed," CNN "a bizarre failure."

From The Daily Beast

Rather, it offers readers “a chronicle of everyday life, and the narratives which define it.”

From The Daily Beast

One video that contains the searing truth about guns is the one made by the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle.

From The Daily Beast

Without the use of these actions most of the advances we are about to chronicle would not have been effected.

From Project Gutenberg

It becomes the duty of the historian of the Portsmouth Road to chronicle these things, but here duty and inclination part company.

From Project Gutenberg

Under that first stone there were deposited a number of coins, two scrolls, and one newspaper—the Preston Chronicle.

From Project Gutenberg

The succeeding pages of this book contain the chronicle of the nine delightful months that followed my departure from America.

From Project Gutenberg

As Mr. Harwood is to appear frequently in this chronicle, it may be well to summarize briefly the facts of his history.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• narrate
• relate