chronological order

[ kron-l-oj-i-kuhl awr-der ]

noun

1. the arrangement of things following one after another in time:

   Put these documents in chronological order.

Word History and Origins

Origin of chronological order¹

First recorded in 1650–60

Example Sentences

After that particular block is filled with data, it is “chained” onto the previous block, which keeps the data in chronological order, with each block being timestamped upon being added to the chain.

From Washington Blade

From the Mailboxes screen in the Mail app itself, you can tap All Inboxes to see all your messages rolled together in chronological order, or tap a specific account name to manage messages from that account alone.

From Popular-Science

It’s also worth noting that Airbnb reviews often do not appear in chronological order, so it’s important to scroll through all of them to make sure you’re finding the most recent testimony, says Couch-Friedman.

From Outside Online

Instead, platforms like Facebook would have incentives to implement a non-algorithmic feed, such as something in chronological order or a system where users have more control over the content they see.

From Time

The default mode for viewing reviews is in chronological order, from newest to oldest, which means a spam attack places fake reviews up top, making the most recent reviews that much more influential if you’re the victim of a concerted campaign.

From MIT Technology Review

Here are the biggest reveals in the court documents, in chronological order.

From The Daily Beast

Like Moby-Dick, River Bend Chronicle mixes together narrative and essays, not always in chronological order.

From The Daily Beast

In chronological order: When the story of Henrietta Lacks was “ripped” for an episode of Law and Order.

From The Daily Beast

Instead, I bring you ten fun and exciting Dick Morris audios, images, videos (in chronological order).

From The Daily Beast

These do not appear in chronological order, but jump around from 1948 to 2006 to 1971, from Moscow to Boston to Friedburg.

From The Daily Beast

Below, however, I have recorded in chronological order the more important references to them which have come under my observation.

From Project Gutenberg

Arranged in chronological order they give some idea of the rate of growth of the empire.

From Project Gutenberg

They knew that his silence meant that he was only marshaling the events in their chronological order.

From Project Gutenberg

I only wish I could trust my memory to place these in their proper chronological order.

From Project Gutenberg

The account of them will be given in their chronological order.

From Project Gutenberg