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chronicle

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nounverb
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As a noun, chronicle means a written account of events and when they happened, ordered by time. As a verb, it means record in or as in a chronicle.

Meanings of chronicle

4 meanings

noun

  1. A written account of events and when they happened, ordered by time.

  2. A record or narrative description of past events

    “a history of France”

    “he gave an inaccurate account of the plot to kill the president”

    “the story of exposure to lead”

    Similar: history, account, story

verb

  1. To record in or as in a chronicle.

  2. Record in chronological order; make a historical record

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

Synonyms by meaning

noun: a record or narrative description of past events
historyaccountstory

Words that rhyme with chronicle

conicalironical

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