chronicle

²chronicle

verb

chronicledchronicling \-k(ə-)liŋ\

Definition of CHRONICLE

transitive verb

: to present a record of in or as if in a chronicle <chronicle Victorian society> <chronicle the doings of the rich and famous>

— chron·i·cler \-k(ə-)lər\ noun

Examples of CHRONICLE

1. The book chronicles the events that led to the American Civil War.
2. She intends to chronicle the broad social changes that have occurred in this part of the country.
3. a magazine that chronicles the lives of the rich and famous

First Known Use of CHRONICLE

15th century

Related to CHRONICLE

Synonyms: chart, tell, describe, narrate, recite, recount, rehearse, relate, report

Related Words: deliver, give, reel off, state, utter, voice; detail, enumerate, itemize, particularize; bare, disclose, divulge, expose, let on (about), reveal; delineate, depict, express, render, sketch

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Other Publishing Terms

annotate, dreadful, emend, expurgate, factoid, jump, lobster shift, redaction, referee