chronicle
Syllables: chron·i·cle/ˈkɹɒnɪkəl/US/ˈkɹɑnɪkl̩/
chronicle noun: a written account of events and when they happened, ordered by time.
Noun
chronicle (plural chronicles)
- A written account of events and when they happened, ordered by time.
- Also a choice cachinatory chronicle, entitled "How to Laugh, and what to Laugh at."1841, Punch, or The London Charivari
- Little disappointed, then, she turned attention to "Chat of the Social World," gossip which exercised potent fascination upon the girl's intelligence. She devoured with more avidity than she had her food those pretentiously phrased chronicles of the snobocracy—[…]—distilling therefrom an acid envy...1914 November, Louis Joseph Vance, “An Outsider […]”, in Munsey’s Magazine, volume LIII, number II, New York, N.Y.: The Frank A[ndrew] Munsey Company, […], published 1915, →OCLC, chapter I (Anarchy)...
Verb
chronicle (third-person singular simple present chronicles, present participle chronicling, simple past and past participle chronicled)
- To record in or as in a chronicle.
- The posterists of Austin chronicled the changing social landscape and graphically redefined Texas for the rest of the country and the world […]2015, Alan Schaefer, Joe Nick Patoski, Nels Jacobson, Homegrown: Austin Music Posters 1967 to 1982, page 17
- As the board’s director, Ms. Jankowicz, 33, bore the brunt of the attacks, a subject she knows well. Her most recent book, called “How to Be a Woman Online,” chronicles abuses she and other women face from trolls and other malign actors on the internet.2022 May 18, Steven Lee Myers, “A Panel to Combat Disinformation Becomes a Victim of It”, in The New York Times
- Synonyms:
- record
chronicle meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
chronicle in Hindi
- a written account
- इतिवृत्त itivŕtt, कारनामा kārnāmā
chronicle in Tamil
- கான்முறைக்கதை, காலவரிசை வரலாறு, காலக்கோவை, தொடர்வரலாறு, காலவரிசைச் செய்திப் பட்டியல், நிகழ்ச்சித் தொடர்
chronicle in Marathi
- क्रॉनिकल, क्रॉनिकल करण्यासाठी
chronicle in Urdu
- chronicle, history
- کارنامہ kārnāma
More languagesFewer languages
- chronicle in Bengali
- ধারাবিবরণী, উপাখ্যান, কাহিনী, কড়চা
- chronicle in Telugu
- క్రానికల్, క్రానికల్ చేయడానికి, క్రానికల్ చెయ్యడానికి
- chronicle in Malayalam
- കൈപ്പീത്ത് kaippīttŭ
- chronicle in Kannada
- ಘಟನೆಗಳ ಕಾಲಾನುಕ್ರಮ ದಾಖಲೆ, ಐತಿಹಾಸಿಕ ದಾಖಲೆ, ಕಾಲಾನುಕ್ರಮವಾದ ಚಾರಿತ್ರಿಕ ಘಟನೆಗಳ ದಾಖಲೆ
- chronicle in Gujarati
- ક્રોનિકલ
- chronicle in Odia
- କ୍ରନିକଲ କରିବା ପାଇଁ, କ୍ରନିକଲ କରିବାକୁ
- chronicle in Tagalog
- kronika
- chronicle in Arabic
- تَارِيخ tārīḵ
- chronicle in Malay
- babad, riwayat
- chronicle in Indonesian
- kronik, babad, tarikh
- chronicle in Myanmar
- ရာဇဝင် raja.wang
Examples of chronicle in a sentence
- The billionaire’s will established a trust to create a staff of archivists that would chronicle and preserve his rise to prominence.
- Stewart’s novel “Storm” — chronicling the 12-day life of a fictional cyclone — was published.
- Military campaigns against the Chuds are mentioned in the chronicles from the 11th century.
Synonyms of chronicle
Forms of chronicle
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | chronicles |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | chronicles |
| present participle | chronicling |
| past participle | chronicled |
| past | chronicled |
Origin of chronicle
From Middle English cronicle, cronycle, from Anglo-Norman cronicle, from Old French cronike, from Latin chronica, from Ancient Greek χρονικός (khronikós, “of or concerning time”), from χρόνος (khrónos, “time”).
Words formed from chronicle
Words that rhyme with chronicle
Questions about chronicle
- What does chronicle mean?
- Chronicle means a written account of events and when they happened, ordered by time.
- What is chronicle in Hindi?
- Chronicle in Hindi is इतिवृत्त (itivŕtt), कारनामा (kārnāmā). See Chronicle meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is chronicle?
- Chronicle can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce chronicle?
- Chronicle is pronounced /ˈkɹɒnɪkəl/ (UK).
- What is the plural of chronicle?
- The plural of chronicle is chronicles.
Words near chronicle in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: chronicle (page history and authors); chronicle (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); chronicle (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); کارنامہ (Urdu) (page history and authors); chronicle (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); chronicle (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); കൈപ്പീത്ത് (Malayalam) (page history and authors); chronicle (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); chronicle (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); chronicle (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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