chronicle

1. 1.

   record in chronological order; make a historical record

   Broaderrecord

Other forms of chronicle

plural

chronicles·

past tense

chronicled·

present participle

chronicling·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about chronicle

What does chronicle mean?

chronicle means "a record or narrative description of past events". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in chronicle?

chronicle has 3 syllables: chro-ni-cle. The stress falls on "chro". In IPA it is /ˈkɹɑnɪkəl/.

What is another word for chronicle?

Close synonyms include history, account, story. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is chronicle a common word?

chronicle is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.