chronicle
- a chronological record of events; a history.
- to record in or as in a chronicle.
Origin of chronicle
Synonyms for chronicle
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Contemporary Examples of chronicling
The Hunger Games franchise is already a deeply political saga, chronicling a growing rebellion against a tyrannical regime.
It paid tribute to the greats that came before it, all while laughing at itself and chronicling a legendary friendship.
I Watched ‘Psych’ For 8 Years and All I Got Was This Lackluster FinaleChancellor Agard
March 27, 2014
How can you write your way out of the after-effects of your earlier experiences simply by chronicling them?
Chronicling the fungus foragers who count posh New York restaurants as their clients.
In chronicling this saga, Mann, currently in his 20s, is a warrior-poet from another age.
Historical Examples of chronicling
The chronicling of such inexplicable cruelties I leave to other pens.
Three Years' WarChristiaan Rudolf de Wet
Mr. Raymond, in chronicling this anecdote, tells of the New York Herald giving the story in a mangled and pointless copy.
The Lincoln Story BookHenry L. Williams
I must not overload these slight pages by chronicling at length how Merchester caught and developed the Pageant fever.
Brother CopasSir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
The master himself was not exempt and once we find him chronicling that he went a-hunting and caught a fox and the ague.
George Washington: FarmerPaul Leland Haworth
The omission illustrates his carelessness in respect to the chronicling of his deeds, his heedlessness as to fame and glory.
Amerigo VespucciFrederick A. Ober
chronicle
- a record or register of events in chronological order
- (tr) to record in or as if in a chronicle
Word Origin for chronicle
Word Origin and History for chronicling
chronicle
c.1300, cronicle, from Anglo-French cronicle, from Old French cronique "chronicle" (Modern French chronique), from Latin chronica (neuter plural mistaken for fem. singular), from Greek ta khronika (biblia) "the (books of) annals, chronology," neuter plural of khronikos "of time." Ending modified in Anglo-French, perhaps by influence of article. Old English had cranic "chronicle," cranicwritere "chronicler." The classical -h- was restored in English from 16c.
chronicle
c.1400, croniclen, from chronicle (n.). Related: Chronicled; chronicling.