chronicle

[kron-i-kuhl]

noun

1. a chronological record of events; a history.

verb (used with object)

chronicled, chronicling 

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

Other Word Forms

• chronicler noun
• unchronicled 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

The series will offer a behind-the-scenes chronicle of Swift’s “The Eras Tour,” which ended in December 2024 and was already the focus of a concert film that brought in nearly $262 million worldwide.

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Keaton also directed several films, the first of which was a 1987 documentary, Heaven, chronicling people's beliefs about the afterlife.

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This is, however, more a celebration of life than a chronicle of sorrow.

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The exhibition concludes by chronicling the diary’s burgeoning popularity.

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Ronan, better known as a painter in New York’s contemporary art world, chronicles a collection of still lives who jostle themselves out of an emotional stupor.

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Related Words

• annals 
• diary 
• journal