Meaning of "chronicle" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CHRONICLE

From Anglo-French cronicle, via Latin chronica (pl), from Greek khronika annals, from khronikos relating to time.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF CHRONICLE

chronicle  [ˈkrɒnɪkəl]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CHRONICLE

Chronicle is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb chronicle in English.

WHAT DOES CHRONICLE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Chronicle

Generally a chronicle is a historical account of facts and events ranged in chronological order, as in a time line. Typically, equal weight is given for historically important events and local events, the purpose being the recording of events that occurred, seen from the perspective of the chronicler. This is in contrast to a narrative or history, which sets selected events in a meaningful interpretive context and excludes those the author does not see as important. Where a chronicler obtained the information varies; some chronicles are written from first-hand knowledge, some are from witnesses or participants in events, still others are accounts passed mouth to mouth prior to being written down. Some made use of written materials; charters, letters, or the works of earlier chroniclers. Still others are tales of such unknown origins so as to hold mythical status. Copyists also affected chronicles in creative copying, making corrections or in updating or continuing a chronicle with information not available to the original author. The reliability of a particular chronicle is an important determination for modern historians.

Definition of chronicle in the English dictionary

The definition of chronicle in the dictionary is a record or register of events in chronological order. Other definition of chronicle is to record in or as if in a chronicle.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO CHRONICLE

PRESENT

Present

I chronicle

you chronicle

he/she/it chronicles

we chronicle

you chronicle

they chronicle

Present continuous

I am chronicling

you are chronicling

he/she/it is chronicling

we are chronicling

you are chronicling

they are chronicling

Present perfect

I have chronicled

you have chronicled

he/she/it has chronicled

we have chronicled

you have chronicled

they have chronicled

Present perfect continuous

I have been chronicling

you have been chronicling

he/she/it has been chronicling

we have been chronicling

you have been chronicling

they have been chronicling

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I chronicled

you chronicled

he/she/it chronicled

we chronicled

you chronicled

they chronicled

Past continuous

I was chronicling

you were chronicling

he/she/it was chronicling

we were chronicling

you were chronicling

they were chronicling

Past perfect

I had chronicled

you had chronicled

he/she/it had chronicled

we had chronicled

you had chronicled

they had chronicled

Past perfect continuous

I had been chronicling

you had been chronicling

he/she/it had been chronicling

we had been chronicling

you had been chronicling

they had been chronicling

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will chronicle

you will chronicle

he/she/it will chronicle

we will chronicle

you will chronicle

they will chronicle

Future continuous

I will be chronicling

you will be chronicling

he/she/it will be chronicling

we will be chronicling

you will be chronicling

they will be chronicling

Future perfect

I will have chronicled

you will have chronicled

he/she/it will have chronicled

we will have chronicled

you will have chronicled

they will have chronicled

Future perfect continuous

I will have been chronicling

you will have been chronicling

he/she/it will have been chronicling

we will have been chronicling

you will have been chronicling

they will have been chronicling

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would chronicle

you would chronicle

he/she/it would chronicle

we would chronicle

you would chronicle

they would chronicle

Conditional continuous

I would be chronicling

you would be chronicling

he/she/it would be chronicling

we would be chronicling

you would be chronicling

they would be chronicling

Conditional perfect

I would have chronicle

you would have chronicle

he/she/it would have chronicle

we would have chronicle

you would have chronicle

they would have chronicle

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been chronicling

you would have been chronicling

he/she/it would have been chronicling

we would have been chronicling

you would have been chronicling

they would have been chronicling

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you chronicle
we let´s chronicle
you chronicle

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to chronicle

Past participle

chronicled

Present Participle

chronicling

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «CHRONICLE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «chronicle» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of chronicle

account · annals · blog · diary · enter · history · journal · narrate · narrative · record · recount · register · relate · report · set down · story · tell

TRANSLATION OF CHRONICLE

Find out the translation of chronicle to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of chronicle from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «chronicle» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 按发生时间顺序编写或播放
• Translator English - Spanish: contar
• English: chronicle
• Translator English - Hindi: क्रॉनिकल
• Translator English - Arabic: وقائع
• Translator English - Russian: хроника
• Translator English - Portuguese: descrever em ordem cronológica
• Translator English - Bengali: ধারাবিবরণী
• Translator English - French: relater
• Translator English - Malay: Kronik
• Translator English - German: aufzeichnen
• Translator English - Japanese: 年代順に記録する
• Translator English - Korean: 연대순으로 기록하다
• Translator English - Javanese: Babad
• Translator English - Vietnamese: niên sử
• Translator English - Tamil: வரலாற்றுக்கூறின்
• Translator English - Marathi: इतिहास
• Translator English - Turkish: kronik
• Translator English - Italian: fare la cronaca di
• Translator English - Polish: kronika
• Translator English - Ukrainian: хроніка
• Translator English - Romanian: cronică
• Translator English - Greek: χρονικό
• Translator English - Afrikaans: kroniek
• Translator English - Swedish: krönika
• Translator English - Norwegian: krøniken

8 QUOTES WITH «CHRONICLE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word chronicle.

1

Chris Abani

My search is always to find ways to chronicle, to share and to document stories about people, just everyday people. Stories that offer transformation, that lean into transcendence, but that are never sentimental, that never look away from the darkest things about us.

2

Ava DuVernay

In documentaries, there's a truth that unfolds unnaturally, and you get to chronicle it. In narratives, you have to create the situations so that the truth will come out.

3

Steve Forbert

I'm self-deprecating, but I'm an artist, too. I have to write new songs to chronicle stuff for myself. I write a song like 'Middle Age' or 'Responsibility' or 'I Just Work Here,' and it's about how bleak life can be. But it's real.

4

Bobby Ghosh

To conflict journalists, a tiny, tight-knit tribe, tragedy is practically an occupational requirement: our work requires us to seek it out, measure it, contextualize it, and chronicle it.

5

Henning Mankell

Many words will be written on the wind and the sand, or end up in some obscure digital vault. But the storytelling will go on until the last human being stops listening. Then we can send the great chronicle of humanity out into the endless universe.

6

Howard Nemerov

A chronicle is very different from history proper.

7

John Singer Sargent

I do not judge, I only chronicle.

8

George W. S. Trow

The work of television is to establish false contexts and to chronicle the unraveling of existing contexts; finally, to establish the context of no-context and to chronicle it.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CHRONICLE»

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The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

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Chronicle of the Narvaez Expedition

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Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca, Harold Augenbraun, 2002

Chronicle: Known Also as the Chronicle of Zuqnin

The third part of the Chronicle, translated here, is based on the otherwise lost part of the Ecclesiastical History of John of Ephesus (d. ca.588), which relates events in the reigns of Zeno, Anastasius, Justin I and Justinian.

Dionysius (of Tel-Maḥrē, Patriarch of Antioch), Witold Witakowski, 1996

Chronicle

The life of the king and almost all the important events are recorded in this work. Due to its picturesque depiction, the work is fantastic.

Richard Devizes, 2006

The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

Fully indexed and complemented by maps and genealogical tables, this edition allows ready access to one of the prime sources of English national culture.

Michael Swanton, 1998

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