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Definition of chronicle verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

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/
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  1. chronicle something to record events in the order in which they happened
    • Her achievements are chronicled in a new biography out this week.
    Topics Literature and writingc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryChronicle is used with these nouns as the object:
    • history
    • journey
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    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’.
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