chronological order

American  

[kron-l-oj-i-kuhl awr-der] / ˈkrɒn lˌɒdʒ ɪ kəl ˈɔr dər /

noun

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

   Put these documents in chronological order.

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Etymology

Origin of chronological order

First recorded in 1650–60

Example Sentences

Reddit is organised into user-created communities called subreddits, where content is ranked by user voting rather than chronological order.

From BBC

Right now, your social feeds mostly show posts from people you follow, in roughly chronological order.

From The Wall Street Journal

The show develops information slowly and out of chronological order, so if you’re averse to knowing even the basics of the premise, you may want to stop reading now — though I wouldn’t consider any of what follows a spoiler.

From Los Angeles Times

Watched in chronological order, this ranking, or a ranking of your own, prove that it’s still a “Friends”-giving world.

From Los Angeles Times

Putting the uncollected poems in chronological order between each published volume allows us to see how deliberately Heaney curated his books.

From The Wall Street Journal