chronicle

American  

[kron-i-kuhl] / ˈkrɒn ɪ kəl /

noun

1. a chronological record of events; a history.

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verb (used with object)

chronicled, chronicling

1. to record in or as in a chronicle.

   Synonyms:

   report, narrate, relate, recount

chronicle British  

/ ˈkrɒnɪkəl /

noun

1. a record or register of events in chronological order

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verb

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

Other Word Forms

• chronicler noun
• unchronicled adjective

Etymology

Origin of chronicle

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

Example Sentences

But our job as journalists is to chronicle what’s happening, and based on what many people told me after it was published, I’m glad I was able to put what they were feeling into words.

From Los Angeles Times

It’s not at all dry, and, if one is even remotely familiar with the institution’s story, is a moving chronicle of how it got from that above-a-storefront location to where it is now.

From The Wall Street Journal

The book—a masterpiece of the genre—chronicles the circuitous path he took from Brownsville, then a scrappy Jewish neighborhood, to the tony milieu of New York’s literati.

From The Wall Street Journal

But his first big success came with the 1984 mockumentary, This Is Spinal Tap, which chronicled the misadventures of a fictional British heavy metal band.

From BBC

The 20th century that “Resurrection” chronicles was a pivotal period for China, bringing to a close the Qing Dynasty and ushering in the rise of a communist superpower.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• annals
• diary
• journal