chronicle
verb/ˈkrɒnɪkl/
/ˈkrɑːnɪkl/
(formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they chronicle | /ˈkrɒnɪkl/ /ˈkrɑːnɪkl/ |
| he / she / it chronicles | /ˈkrɒnɪklz/ /ˈkrɑːnɪklz/ |
| past simple chronicled | /ˈkrɒnɪkld/ /ˈkrɑːnɪkld/ |
| past participle chronicled | /ˈkrɒnɪkld/ /ˈkrɑːnɪkld/ |
| -ing form chronicling | /ˈkrɒnɪklɪŋ/ /ˈkrɑːnɪklɪŋ/ |
- chronicle something to record events in the order in which they happened
- Her achievements are chronicled in a new biography out this week.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryChronicle is used with these nouns as the object:- history
- journey
Word OriginMiddle English: from Anglo-Norman French cronicle, variant of Old French cronique, via Latin from Greek khronika ‘annals’, from khronikos ‘of time’, from khronos ‘time’.Definitions on the go
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