chronology

UK: /krəˈnɒlədʒi/ US: /krəˈnɑlədʒi/ ,(krə nol′ə jē)

Inflections of 'chronology' (n): npl: chronologies

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

chro•nol•o•gy /krəˈnɑlədʒi/   n., pl. -gies. 

1. a table or list of the order in which things occur;
   the order in which things occur:
   [countable] Give us a chronology of the events.
2. [uncountable] the science of arranging time in periods and figuring the dates and historical order of past events.

chro•nol•o•gist, chro•nol•o•ger, n. [countable] See -chron-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

chro•nol•o•gy  (krə nol′ə jē), n., pl. -gies. 

1. the sequential order in which past events occur.
2. a statement of this order.
3. the science of arranging time in periods and ascertaining the dates and historical order of past events.
4. a reference work organized according to the dates of events.

• chrono- + -logy 1585–95

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

chronology / krəˈnɒlədʒɪ/ noun ( -gies)

1. the determination of the proper sequence of past events
2. the arrangement of dates, events, etc, in order of occurrence
3. a table or list of events arranged in order of occurrence

chroˈnologist, chroˈnologer noun