Meaning & use

chronology

noun·Academic

The arrangement of events in the order they occurred, or a record showing that order.

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The book includes a chronology of major events leading up to the revolution.

Investigators pieced together a chronology of the night from witness statements.

A note on using this word

"Chronology" names the ordered sequence itself, while "chronological" is the adjective describing something arranged that way.

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