chronicle

chronicle
[[t]krɒ̱nɪk(ə)l[/t]]
chronicles, chronicling, chronicled
1) VERB To chronicle a series of events means to write about them or show them in broadcasts in the order in which they happened.

[V n] The series chronicles the everyday adventures of two eternal bachelors. [Also V wh]

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chronicler plural N-COUNT

...the chronicler of the English civil war.

2) N-COUNT: usu N of n A chronicle is an account or record of a series of events.

...this vast chronicle of Napoleonic times.

3) N-IN-NAMES The word Chronicle is sometimes used as part of the name of a newspaper.

...the San Francisco Chronicle.


English dictionary. 2008.

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  • chronicle — (n.) c.1300, from Anglo Fr. cronicle, from O.Fr. cronique (Mod.Fr. chronique), from L. chronica (neuter plural mistaken for fem. singular), from Gk. ta khronika (biblia) the (books of) annals, neut. pl. of khronikos of time. Ending modified in… …   Etymology dictionary

  • chronicle — [n] account, narrative annals, archives, diary, history, journal, narration, prehistory, recital, record, recountal, register, report, story, version; concepts 271,282 chronicle [v] report, recount enter, narrate, record, register, relate, set… …   New thesaurus

  • chronicle — [krän′i kəl] n. [ME & Anglo Fr cronicle < OFr chronique < ML chronica < L, pl., pertaining to time, chronicles < Gr chronika, annals, pl. of chronikos: see CHRONIC] 1. a historical record or register of facts or events arranged in the …   English World dictionary

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  • chronicle — index book, calendar (record of yearly periods), detail (particularize), enter (record), entry ( …   Law dictionary

  • chronicle — 1 *history, annals 2 *account, story, report, version Analogous words: narration, recital, recountal (see corresponding verbs at RELATE) …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • chronicle — ► NOUN ▪ a written account of historical events in the order of their occurrence. ► VERB ▪ record (a series of events) in a detailed way. DERIVATIVES chronicler noun. ORIGIN Greek khronika annals , from khronikos of time …   English terms dictionary

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