Meaning & use

chronicle

noun·Academic

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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