chronicle

[ kron-i-kuhl ]

/ ˈkrɒn ɪ kəl /

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noun

a chronological record of events; a history.

verb (used with object), chron·i·cled, chron·i·cling.

to record in or as in a chronicle.

Words nearby chronicle

chronic shock, chronic sleeping sickness, chronic traumatic encephalopathy, chronic trypanosomiasis, chronic ulcer, chronicle, chronicle play, chronicles, chrono, chrono-, chronobiology

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; see chronic

SYNONYMS FOR chronicle

2 recount, relate, narrate, report.

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OTHER WORDS FROM chronicle

chron·i·cler, nounun·chron·i·cled, adjective

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He is the chronicler of a colorful fashion-loving world, famously traversing Manhattan on his bicycle.
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She only wrote two novels, but they establish her as the chronicler of an ossified generation unable to move forward in life.
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Jones was presented more heroically than he even had been in the press (he seemed to have bent the ear of the chronicler).
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As any chronicler of the Tea Party movement knows, homemade signs are good evidence of what message the attendees want to send.
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Towards the end of his work the chronicler is exceptionally abrupt and disconnected.
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A liberal journalist and a chronicler of scandals were synonymous terms.
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But this is a matter with which the future chronicler of the Queen's Life may be left to deal.
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Thus, says the chronicler, the Church by the aid of Heaven emerged from this tribulation.
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In twenty years every isolated neighborhood in America had had its chronicler and photographer.
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British Dictionary definitions for chronicler

chronicle

/ (ˈkrɒnɪkəl) /

noun

a record or register of events in chronological order

verb

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

Derived forms of chronicle

chronicler, noun

Word Origin for chronicle

C14: from Anglo-French cronicle, via Latin chronica (pl), from Greek khronika annals, from khronikos relating to time; see chronic

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chronicle

noun

verb (used with object), chron·i·cled, chron·i·cling.

Words related to chronicle

Words nearby chronicle

Origin of chronicle

SYNONYMS FOR chronicle

OTHER WORDS FROM chronicle

Examples from the Web for chronicler

British Dictionary definitions for chronicler

noun

verb

Derived forms of chronicle

Word Origin for chronicle