chronicle

• POS: Noun, Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: chron=i=cle

CIDE DICTIONARY

chronicle, n. [OE. cronicle, fr. cronique, OF. cronique, F. chronique, L. chronica, fr. Gr. , neut. pl. of . See Chronic.].

•  An historical register or account of facts or events disposed in the order of time.  [1913 Webster]
•  A narrative of events; a history; a record.  [1913 Webster]
•  The two canonical books of the Old Testament in which immediately follow 2 Kings.

Syn. - Register; record; annals. See History.

chronicle, v. t. 

 To record in a history or chronicle; to record; to register.  Shak.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

chronicle, n. & v.
--n.
1 a register of events in order of their occurrence.
2 a narrative, a full account.
3 (Chronicles) the name of two of the historical books of the Old Testament or Hebrew bible.
--v.tr. record (events) in the order of their occurrence.

Derivative

chronicler n.

Etymology

ME f. AF cronicle ult. f. L chronica f. Gk khronika annals: see CHRONIC

THESAURUS

chronicle

Clio, Muse of history, account, adventures, anecdotage, anecdote, annals, archive, autobiography, biograph, biographical sketch, biographize, biography, book, calendar, carve, case history, catalog, chalk, chalk up, check in, check sheet, chronicles, chronologize, chronology, clock card, confessions, correspondence, curriculum vitae, cut, date slip, datebook, daybook, describe, description, diary, docket, document, documentation, engrave, enroll, enscroll, enter, epic, epos, experiences, file, fill out, fortunes, grave, hagiography, hagiology, historify, historiography, history, impanel, incise, index, inscribe, insert, intercalate, inventory, jot down, journal, legend, letters, life, life and letters, life story, list, log, make a memorandum, make a note, make an entry, make out, mark down, martyrology, matriculate, memoir, memoirs, memorabilia, memorial, memorials, minute, narrate, narration, narrative, necrology, note, note down, obituary, photobiography, pipe roll, place upon record, poll, post, post up, profile, put down, put in writing, put on paper, put on tape, recital, record, recording, recount, recountal, reduce to writing, register, registry, relate, relic, remains, report, resume, retail, roll, rolls, roster, rota, saga, scroll, set down, story, table, tabulate, take down, tale, tape, tape-record, tell, theory of history, time book, time chart, time scale, time schedule, time sheet, time study, timecard, timetable, token, trace, version, vestige, videotape, write, write down, write in, write out, write up, yarn

ROGET THESAURUS

chronicle

Chronometry

N chronometry, horometry, horology, date, epoch, style, era, almanac, calendar, ephemeris, register, registry, chronicle, annals, journal, diary, chronogram, clock, wall clock, pendulum clock, grandfather's clock, cuckoo clock, alarm clock, clock radio, watch, wristwatch, pocket watch, stopwatch, Swiss watch, atomic clock, digital clock, analog clock, quartz watch, water clock, chronometer, chronoscope, chronograph, repeater, timekeeper, timepiece, dial, sundial, gnomon, horologe, pendulum, hourglass, clepsydra, ghurry, chronographer, chronologer, chronologist, timekeeper, annalist, calendar year, leap year, Julian calendar, Gregorian calendar, Chinese calendar, Jewish calendar, perpetual calendar, Farmer's almanac, fiscal year, chronological, chronometrical, chronogrammatical, cinquecento, quattrocento, trecento, o'clock.

VB fix the time, mark the time, date, register, chronicle, measure time, beat time, mark time, bear date, synchronize watches.

Record

N record, trace, vestige, relic, remains, scar, cicatrix, footstep, footmark, footprint, pug, track mark, wake, trail, scent, piste, monument, hatchment, slab, tablet, trophy, achievement, obelisk, pillar, column, monolith, memorial, memento, testimonial, medal, commemoration, record, note, minute, register, registry, roll, cartulary, diptych, Domesday book, catalogue raisonne, entry, memorandum, indorsement, inscription, copy, duplicate, docket, notch, muniment, deed, document, deposition, proces verbal, affidavit, certificate, notebook, memorandum book, memo book, pocketbook, commonplace book, portfolio, pigeonholes, excerpta, adversaria, jottings, dottings, gazette, gazetteer, newspaper, daily, magazine, almanac, almanack, calendar, ephemeris, diary, log, journal, daybook, ledger, cashbook, petty cashbook, professional journal, scientific literature, the literature, primary literature, secondary literature, article, review article, archive, scroll, state paper, return, blue book, statistics, compte rendu, Acts of, Transactions of, Proceedings of, Hansard's Debates, chronicle, annals, legend, history, biography, Congressional Records, registration, registry, enrollment, inrollment, tabulation, entry, booking, signature, recorder, journalism, recording, tape recording, videotape, compact disk, floppy disk, diskette, hard disk, Winchester disk, read-only memory, ROM, write once read mostly memory, WORM, on record, exegi monumentum aere perennium, read their history in a nation's eyes, records that defy the tooth of time.

VB record, put on record, place on record, chronicle, calendar, hand down to posterity, keep up the memory, commemorate, report, write, commit to writing, reduce to writing, put in writing, set down in writing, writing in black and white, put down, jot down, take down, write down, note down, set down, note, minute, put on paper, take note, make a note, take minute, take memorandum, make a return, mark, sign, enter, book, post, post up, insert, make an entry of, mark off, tick off, register, enroll, inscroll, file, burn into memory, carve in stone.