chronicle

noun, verb — 2 senses

chronicle

noun

UK /ˈkɹɒnɪkəl/ · US /ˈkɹɑnɪkl̩/

Etymology 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”).

1

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 that robbed her napoleon of all its flavor.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), page 373, column 2:
Synonyms
annals, archives, chronicon, diary, history, journal, narration, prehistory, recital, record, recountal, register, report, story, version
Derived terms
Chronicler, chronicular, unchronicled
Related terms
chronicler, Chronicles, chronist, Chronist, chronistically, chronistic, Chronistic, chronology, chronological

chronicle

verb

Etymology 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”).

1

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:
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  • The stars also worked on a Disney+ docuseries chronicling the purchase and stewardship of the club, who currently play in the National League, which was being filmed when the King and Queen Consort visited.2022 December 9, “Wrexham: King and Queen Consort meet Hollywood royalty”, in BBC News:
Synonyms
record

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