chronicle

5 definitions • 7 examples

a written record of historical events:

the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

a chronicle of the French Revolution

part of the name of a newspaper:

the Hampshire Chronicle

to make a record or give details of something:

The book chronicles the writer's coming to terms with his illness.

a record of events in the order in which they happened:

This book is the most eloquent chronicle of an empire’s downfall that I have seen.

infml The diary, although a personal story, is really a chronicle of an important period of history.

to make a record or tell the history of something:

His one-man show chronicles the life of Mark Twain.