chronological
adjective
chro·no·log·i·cal
ˌkrä-nə-ˈlä-ji-kəl 
ˌkrō-
variants
or less commonly chronologic
ˌkrä-nə-ˈlä-jik
ˌkrō-
: of, relating to, or arranged in or according to the order of time
chronological tables of American history
His art is arranged in chronological order.
also
: reckoned in units of time
chronological age
Examples of chronological in a Sentence
His art is displayed in roughly chronological order.
a chronological account of their trip
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And the chronological structure of the script sometimes gives the play a choppy play-by-play feel.
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Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Feb. 2026
List in reverse chronological order, starting with most recent, college and uninversities attended with years of attendance and degrees held.
—Andrea Keiser, Sun Sentinel, 13 Feb. 2026
Most summaries of Black history follow a chronological arc —slavery, segregation, civil rights, with protest and oppression as the primary through-line.
—Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 10 Feb. 2026
The movie’s vision is one of arrangements and connections, stylistic and textural clashes of hulking buildings, stark forms seen in distant vistas, sublime coincidences of collective energy thrumming from generation to generation in the simultaneity of the physical city’s chronological strata.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 4 Feb. 2026
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Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Feb. 2026
List in reverse chronological order, starting with most recent, college and uninversities attended with years of attendance and degrees held.
—Andrea Keiser, Sun Sentinel, 13 Feb. 2026
Most summaries of Black history follow a chronological arc —slavery, segregation, civil rights, with protest and oppression as the primary through-line.
—Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 10 Feb. 2026
The movie’s vision is one of arrangements and connections, stylistic and textural clashes of hulking buildings, stark forms seen in distant vistas, sublime coincidences of collective energy thrumming from generation to generation in the simultaneity of the physical city’s chronological strata.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 4 Feb. 2026
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“Chronological.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chronological. Accessed 18 Feb. 2026.
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chronological
adjective
chro·no·log·i·cal
ˌkrän-ə-ˈläj-i-kəl
ˌkrō-nə-
: arranged in or according to the order of time
chronological order
a chronological table
chronologically
adverb
-i-k(ə-)lē
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