Chronicle
//ˈkɹɒnɪkəl// noun, verb
noun, verb ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A written account of events and when they happened, ordered by time.
"Also a choice cachinatory chronicle, entitled "How to Laugh, and what to Laugh at.""
- 2 a record or narrative description of past events wordnet
Verb
- 1 To record in or as in a chronicle. transitive
"The posterists of Austin chronicled the changing social landscape and graphically redefined Texas for the rest of the country and the world […]"
- 2 record in chronological order; make a historical record wordnet
Example
More examples"The Sacramento Chronicle writes frequently about that old trapper."
Etymology
From Middle English cronicle, cronycle, from Anglo-Norman cronicle, from Old French cronike, from Latin chronica, from Ancient Greek χρονικός (khronikós, “of or concerning time”), from χρόνος (khrónos, “time”).
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