chronicle

UK: /ˈkrɒnɪk^əl/ US: /ˈkrɑnɪkəl/ ,(kron′i kəl)

Inflections of 'chronicle' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

chronicles

v 3rd person singular

chronicling

v pres p

chronicled

v past

chronicled

v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026

chron•i•cle /ˈkrɑnɪkəl/   n., v., -cled, -cling. 
n. [countable]

1. a record of events in the order in which they occurred:
   the Anglo-Saxon Chronicles of King Alfred's reign.

v. [~ + object]

2. to record in or as if in a chronicle;
   set down:
   The novel chronicles the general's rise to power and his subsequent fall.

chron•i•cler, n. [countable] See -chron-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

chron•i•cle  (kron′i kəl), n., v., -cled, -cling. 
n. 

1. a chronological record of events;
   a history.

v.t. 

2. to record in or as in a chronicle.

• Greek chroniká annals, chronology; see chronic
• Medieval Latin cronica (feminine singular), Latin chronica (neuter plural)
• Anglo-French, variant, with -le -ule, of Old French cronique
• Middle English cronicle 1275–1325

chron′i•cler, n. 
Synonyms

• 2. recount, relate, narrate, report.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

chronicle / ˈkrɒnɪk^əl/ noun

1. a record or register of events in chronological order

verb

1. (transitive) to record in or as if in a chronicle

Etymology: 14th Century: from Anglo-French cronicle, via Latin chronica (pl), from Greek khronika annals, from khronikos relating to time; see chronic

ˈchronicler noun