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chronicle

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chron·i·cle  (krn-kl)
n.
1. An extended account in prose or verse of historical events, sometimes including legendary material, presented in chronological order and without authorial interpretation or comment.
2. A detailed narrative record or report.
3. Chronicles (used with a sing. verb) Abbr. Chr. or Chron. or Ch See Table at Bible.
tr.v. chron·i·cled, chron·i·cling, chron·i·cles
To record in or in the form of a historical record.

[Middle English cronicle, from Anglo-Norman, alteration of Old French cronique, from Latin chronica, from Greek khronika (biblia), chronological (books), annals, neuter pl. of khronikos, of time; see chronic.]

chroni·cler (-klr) n.

chronicle [ˈkrɒnɪkəl]
n
a record or register of events in chronological order
vb
(tr) to record in or as if in a chronicle
[from Anglo-French cronicle, via Latin chronica (pl), from Greek khronika annals, from khronikos relating to time; see chronic]
chronicler  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.chroniclechronicle - 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"
history - the discipline that records and interprets past events involving human beings; "he teaches Medieval history"; "history takes the long view"
ancient history - a history of the ancient world
etymology - a history of a word
case history - detailed record of the background of a person or group under study or treatment
historical document, historical paper, historical record - writing having historical value (as opposed to fiction or myth etc.)
chronological record, annals - a chronological account of events in successive years
biography, life history, life story, life - an account of the series of events making up a person's life
record - anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph) providing permanent evidence of or information about past events; "the film provided a valuable record of stage techniques"
recital - a detailed account or description of something; "he was forced to listen to a recital of his many shortcomings"
Verb1.chronicle - record in chronological order; make a historical record
record, enter, put down - make a record of; set down in permanent form

chronicle
verb
record, tell, report, enter, relate, register, recount, set down, narrate, put on record The rise of collectivism in Britain has been chronicled by several historians.
noun
record, story, history, account, register, journal, diary, narrative, annals this vast chronicle of Napoleonic times
Translations
chronicle [ˈkrɒnɪkl]
A. Ncrónica f
Chronicles (Bible) → Crónicas fpl
B. VT (= recount) → hacer una crónica de

chronicle [ˈkrɒnɪkəl]
n (= account) → chronique f
vt [+ events] → faire la chronique de
chronic wasting disease nmaladie f du dépérissement chronique

chronicle
nChronik f; Chronicles pl (Bibl) → Bücher plder Chronik
vtaufzeichnen; historic events alsoeine Chronik (+gen)verfassen

chronicle [ˈkrɒnɪkl] ncronaca
chronicle [ˈkrɒnɪkl] ncronaca

chronicle
n chronicle [ˈkronikl]
a record of (especially historical) events in order of time. kroniek سِجِل زَمَني للأحْداث хроника kronika krønike; årbog die Chronik χρονικό crónica ajaraamat وقایع نامه kronikka, aikakirjat chronique דִבְרֵי הַיָמִים इतिहास, वृत्तान्त kronika krónika risalah annáll cronaca, cronistoria 年代記 연대기 kronika hronika abad kroniek krønike kronika crónica cronică хроника kronika kronika hronika krönika บันทึกเหตุการณ์ tarihsel kayıt, vakayiname 編年史 хроніка, літопис وقائع ، تاریخ biên niên sử
v
to make such a record. opteken, boekstaaf يُسَجِّلُ الأحداث زَمَنِيّا отбелязвам хронолигически zaznamenat do kroniky optegne; nedskrive aufzeichnen εξιστορώ hacer la crónica de ajaraamatusse kirjutama رویداد نگاری کردن merkitä aikakirjoihin faire la chronique de לִרְשוֹם אֶת דִבְרי הַיָמִים इतिहास में लिखना pisati ljetopis feljegyez penulis risalah færa í annál fare la cronaca/cronistoria 年代記を作る 연대기에 기록하다 rašyti kroniką rakstīt hroniku mengabadkan optekenen nedskrive, opptegne prowadzić kronikę historiar a face o cro­nică вести хронику písať do kroniky pisati kroniko pisati hroniku skriva en krönika över บันทึกเหตุการณ์ tarihsel kayda geçirmek, vakayinameye yazmak 把...載入編年史 відзначати; заносити وقائع لکھنا ghi vào biên niên sử ...
n chronicler
kroniekskrywer مُؤَرِّخ إخْباري хроникьор kronikář kronikør der/die Chronist(in) χρονικογράφος cronista kroonikakirjutaja وقایع نگار kronikoitsija chroniqueur/-euse רָשַם שֶל דִבְרי הַיָמִים इतिहासकार kroničar, ljetopisac krónikaíró penulis risalah annálsritari; skrásetjari cronista 年代記編者 연대기 작자 kronikininkas hronists periwayat kroniekschrijver krønike-/historieskriver, kronikør kronikarz cronista cronicar летописец kronikár, -ka kronist hroničar krönikör, krönikeskrivare ผู้บันทึกเหตุการณ์ tarihçi, vak'anüvis 年代史編者 хронікер; літописець وقائع نگار người ghi chép biên niên sử


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Through the kindness of Dorothy Gale of Kansas, afterward Princess Dorothy of Oz, an humble writer in the United States of America was once appointed Royal Historian of Oz, with the privilege of writing the chronicle of that wonderful fairyland.
The reader will be pleased to remember, that, at the beginning of the second book of this history, we gave him a hint of our intention to pass over several large periods of time, in which nothing happened worthy of being recorded in a chronicle of this kind.
I cannot explain the phenomena;I can only set down here in the words of an ordinary soldier of fortune a chronicle of the strange events that befell me during the ten years that my dead body lay undiscovered in an Arizona cave.
 
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