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chronicle

chron·i·cle

chronicle

 
 
pronunciation:
kra nih kl
parts of speech:
noun, transitive verb
features:
Word Combinations (noun, verb), Word Parts
part of speech: noun
definition: an account of events, told in the order in which those events took place.
We can read about these battles in the chronicles that were written during those times.
synonyms:
annals, chronology, history
similar words:
account, commentary, list, log, narrative, record, saga, story, tale
Word Combinations  About this feature
adjective + (n.)chronicle ancient, colonial, comic, complete, contemporary, detailed, early, fictional, historical, literary, medieval, monastic
verb + (n.)chronicle illustrate, record, write
(n.)chronicle + verb document, foretold
noun + (n.)chronicle Help author, blue, composition, desert, film, journal, novel, passage, sand, video
 
part of speech: transitive verb
inflections: chronicles, chronicling, chronicled
definition: to record or narrate in the form of a chronicle.
The tabloids chronicled the events leading up to the couple's divorce.
synonyms:
recount
similar words:
document, list, narrate, recite, record, relate, tell
Word Combinations  About this feature
adverb + (v.)chronicle daily, gleefully, obsessively, widely
(v.)chronicle + nounHelp abuse, accomplishment, achievement, adventure, aftermath, autobiography, battle, birth, breakup, career, chapter, collapse, coming, corruption, decline, descent, detail, diversity, down, downfall, era, event, experience, exploit, fashion, fortune, frustration, going, graphic, history, horror, journey, life, making, midnight, migration, misadventure, misstep, move, ordeal, personality, prize, progress, quest, revolution, rise, saga, scandal, search, story, struggle, tale, tragedy, transformation, travail, travel, tribulation, trip, triumph [See all][See only the most frequent]
derivation: chronicler (n.)
Word Parts  About this feature
The word chronicle contains the following part: