Meaning & use
chronicle
A written record of events arranged in the order in which they happened.
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The old chronicle described the town's founding and its early years of settlement.
Her diary became a personal chronicle of the year she spent traveling abroad.
A note on using this word
As a verb, "to chronicle" means to record events in detail, as journalists chronicle unfolding news stories.
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Another way to use it
2. verb
To record a series of events in detail and in the order they occurred.
The documentary chronicles the rise and fall of the small mining town.
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