chronology

[kruh-nol-uh-jee]

noun

plural

chronologies 

1. the sequential order in which past events occur.

2. a statement of this order.

3. the science of arranging time in periods and ascertaining the dates and historical order of past events.

4. a reference work organized according to the dates of events.

chronology

/ krəˈnɒlədʒɪ /

noun

1. the determination of the proper sequence of past events

2. the arrangement of dates, events, etc, in order of occurrence

3. a table or list of events arranged in order of occurrence

Other Word Forms

• chronologist noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of chronology¹

First recorded in 1585–95; chrono- + -logy

Example Sentences

In fact, when the painter mounted his own retrospective in Paris in 1932, he hung the works not according to chronology but jumbled together.

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Set over two decades, "Merrily" charts the demise of a friendship between three artists, and is told in reverse chronology.

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Yet the narrative is easy to follow despite the creative chronology, which heightens tension to a near-breaking point.

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Lepore follows chronology, flavoring her narrative with graphs, digressions, even a litany of failed amendments.

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On a broader level, Bowie constructed a chronology of the early 18th Century, looking at painters such as Joshua Reynolds and William Hogarth, and the creation of the Royal Academy.

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Related Words

• age 
• date 
• day 
• era 
• future 
• generation 
• hour 
• life 
• moment 
• month 
• occasion 
• pace 
• past 
• point 
• present 
• season 
• second 
• space 
• stage 
• term