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Definition: Chronicle |
ChronicleNoun1. A record or narrative description of past events: "a history of France"; "he gave an inaccurate account of the plot to kill the president"; "the story of exposure to lead". Verb1. Record in chronological order; make a historical record. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "chronicle" was first used: 1303. (references) |
Synonyms: ChronicleSynonyms: account (n), history (n), story (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Instantaneity | Verb: fix the time, mark the time; date, register, chronicle; measure time, beat time, mark time; bear date; synchronize watches. |
Almanac, calendar, ephemeris; register, registry; chronicle, annals, journal, diary, chronogram. | |
Record | Verb: record; put on record, place on record; chronicle, calendar, hand down to posterity; keep up the memory; (remember); commemorate; (celebrate); report; (inform); 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. |
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. | |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Chronicle |
| English words defined with "chronicle": Chronicled, Chronicling, Chronique ♦ Historicize, Historize ♦ Parian chronicle, Parish register ♦ roman fleuve. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "chronicle": Albion the Giant ♦ Boz, Brut d'Angleterre ♦ Chronicle Small Beer ♦ Ferracute ♦ Ingulph's Croyland Chronicle. ♦ Joannes Hagustaldensis ♦ lexicographer ♦ Robert of Brunne, Rope-dancers ♦ Salt Lake ♦ Umble-pie ♦ Woodfall. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "chronicle": synchronous. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Times Chronicle. (Ransom!; writing credit: Cyril Hume ; Richard Maibaum) It's to be a chronicle of our adventures on the islandI think it's a book people will want to buy, don't you? (Gilligan's Island; writing credit: Ivani Ribeiro) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Hellstrom Chronicle (1971) Kilian's Chronicle (1994) Chronicle (1991) The King Chronicle (1988) | |
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 | Stipple engraving by Wells, after a drawing by "P.S.O.", published by J. Gold, London, England, in the "Naval Chronicle", Volume 10 (1803). This print depicts the U.S. Frigate Philadelphia (1800-1803) entering the harbor, where two British ships-of-the-line lie at acnhor. Credit: NAVY. |  | Image cropped from the engraving "View of Tetuan, on the Coast of Morocco" by Wells, published by J. Gold, London, England, in the "Naval Chronicle", 1803. For the entire original image, see Photo # NH 65865. Credit: NAVY. |
 | Lithograph by A. Hoffy, No. 41 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, after a sketch by C.C. Barton, U.S.N. It was "Designed and lithographed expressly for the Philada. Saturday Chronicle". Credit: NAVY. |  | The American magazine, and monthly chronicle for the British colonies Praevalebit aequior. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Street view showing the Chronicle building and the Palace Hotel, San Francisco, California. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | California Beauty Week, Mark Hopkins Hotel, July 28 to Aug. 2, auspices of San Francisco Chronicle. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | The Poster--an illustrated monthly chronicle now ready / / David Allen & Sons, Ltd. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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William Shakespeare | To suckle fools, and chronicle small beer. |
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Civil Liberties | Guyana | However, throughout the year, the Chronicle typically displayed a clear antiopposition bias. (references) |
Zimbabwe | The Government, through the MMT, controls two daily newspapers, The Chronicle and the Herald. (references) | |
Zimbabwe | The NCA accused the government-influenced newspaper The Chronicle and the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) of refusing to publish previously accepted advertising from the NCA about its proposed constitutional process due to government orders to ban the NCA from disseminating its alternative message on the constitutional process. (references) | |
Economic History | Guyana | Guyana Chronicle (government-owned daily), Sharief Khan, editor-in-chief. (references) |
Kenya | Kenya has four main daily newspapers: The Daily Nation, East African Standard, Business Africa, and Kenya Times; six weekly newspapers: The People, Sunday Times, Sunday Nation, Sunday Standard, and The East African; a weekly magazine: Weekly Review; a bi-monthly: Business Chronicle; four monthlies: Finance, Presence, The Executive, and African Law Review; and a professional journal: East African Computer News; all with national distribution. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | LEXICOGRAPHER, n. A pestilent fellow who, under the pretense of recording some particular stage in the development of a language, does what he can to arrest its growth, stiffen its flexibility and mechanize its methods. For your lexicographer, having written his dictionary, comes to be considered "as one having authority," whereas his function is only to make a record, not to give a law. The natural servility of the human understanding having invested him with judicial power, surrenders its right of reason and submits itself to a chronicle as if it were a statue. Let the dictionary (for example) mark a good word as "obsolete" or "obsolescent" and few men thereafter venture to use it, whatever their need of it and however desirable its restoration to favor -- whereby the process of improverishment is accelerated and speech decays. On the contrary, recognizing the truth that language must grow by innovation if it grow at all, makes new words and uses the old in an unfamiliar sense, has no following and is tartly reminded that "it isn't in the dictionary" -- although down to the time of the first lexicographer (Heaven forgive him!) no author ever had used a word that was in the dictionary. In the golden prime and high noon of English speech; when from the lips of the great Elizabethans fell words that made their own meaning and carried it in their very sound; when a Shakespeare and a Bacon were possible, and the language now rapidly perishing at one end and slowly renewed at the other was in vigorous growth and hardy preservation -- sweeter than honey and stronger than a lion -- the lexicographer was a person unknown, the dictionary a creation which his Creator had not created him to create. God said: "Let Spirit perish into Form," And lexicographers arose, a swarm! Thought fled and left her clothing, which they took, And catalogued each garment in a book. Now, from her leafy covert when she cries: "Give me my clothes and I'll return," they rise And scan the list, and say without compassion: "Excuse us -- they are mostly out of fashion." Sigismund Smith |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Chronicle" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 62.47% of the time. "Chronicle" is used about 461 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 62.47% | 288 | 17,155 |
| Noun (singular) | 37.53% | 173 | 23,656 |
| Total | 100.00% | 461 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "chronicle": chronicle small beer ♦ family chronicle ♦ parian chronicle. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "chronicle": chronicle-history. | |
Ending with "chronicle": non-chronicle, provincial-chronicle. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "chronicle"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | Kronikë (annals, Fasti, memorials, news, newsreel), Bëj Kronikën. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | تسجيل ألأحداث, تاريخ (chronicles, date, history, pedigree, story). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | Хроника, Хроникирам, Летопис, 'одя Хроника. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 編年史 (annals). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | Letopis, Kronika. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | kroniek. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | kroniko. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Faeroese | søga (account, history, narrative, story, tale), ritgerð. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | تاریخچه (Annals, History, Memoir, Record), شرح وقایع بترتیب تاریخ . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | kronikka, aikakirja. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | Chronique (chronic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Chronik, Aufzeichnung (annotation, note, notes, record, recorded programme, recording, sketch, videotaping). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | χρονικό (annal, annals). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | ֻרו יק". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | krónika (annals, chronicles). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | riwayat (history, sermon, tale), babad (history). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | Cronistoria, Cronaca (commentary, description, news, report). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 記 , 年次 告 (chronological report), 年代記 (annals, chronology), クロス商い (chloromycetin, chromatography, chromium, chrono, chronobiology, chronograph, chronometer, chronoscope, clock, clomiphene, closet, crocus, Cro-Magnon, cropped pants, croquet, cross trade, crossing zone, Kronecker, Kronecker delta). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ね"じほう"く (chronological report), ね" いき (annals, chronology), クロニクル , き (10th in rank, 6th in rank, chest, coffer, crude, deed, lean on, mood, period, plan, pure, raw, rest against, rice tub, rule, season, season word or phrase, sixth sign of the Chinese calendar, skill, spirit, table, tenth sign of the Chinese calendar, that, timber, time, tree, undiluted, wood, yellow). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | recortys (record, recording, register, registration slip, registry, testimony), recortey (record, register). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Papiamen | krónika. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | oniclechray crônica (history, memorial, story). (various references) Cronicã (commentary, memorial, notice, reports, round up), Trece Într-o Cronicã, Poveste (concoction, lie, narrative, Rede, story, tale), Letopiseţ (annals). (various references) Заносить ' "невник, Хроника, Летопись (Fasti). (various references) zabeležiti u, upisati (admit, bind, check in, enroll, inscribe, register, subscribe, write in), letopis (memorials, proverbs), hronika. (various references) Crónica (feature). (various references) Krönika (Fasti, memorial). (various references) เหตุการ"์ในอ"ีต, บันทึกเหตุการ"์ (log). (various references) Kronolojik Yazılmış Tarih, Kronik (annals, chronic, chronical, inveterate, obstinate), Kaydetmek (book, calendar, check in, enlist, enrol, enroll, enter, have smth. taped, inscribe, list, record, register, set down, tape, tape record, transcribe, write down), Günün Olayları. (various references) hronika (r). (various references) Заносити, Хроніка, Літописець, Літопис (Fasti), 'ідзначати (Mark). (various references) sử biên niên, ký sự niên đại mục tin hằng ng y. (various references) croniclo, cronicl, coflyfr (record), brud (divination). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | annales, annalibus. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "chronicle": chronicled, chronicler, chroniclers, chronicles. (additional references) | |
Words containing "chronicle": unchronicled. (additional references) | |
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"Chronicle" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: chgronicle, Chojnice, chronical, chronicals, chronicly, chronocle, cronicle, Khrunichev. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "chronicle" (pronounced krÄ"nukul) |
| 6 | -Ä" n u k u l | monocle. |
| 5 | -n u k u l | barnacle, clinical, pinnacle. |
| 4 | -u k u l | aeronautical, agrochemical, allegorical, anarchical, anatomical, anthropological, article, biblical, biochemical, chemical, clavicle, clerical, commonsensical, coracle, cortical, cuticle, diacritical, domical, epochal, equivocal, etymological, farcical, follicle, geophysical, grammatical, hierarchical, hypothetical, impractical, maniacal, medical, meteorological, methodical, miracle, mythical, nautical, numerical, obstacle, Oracle, oratorical, particle, photochemical, polemical, political, pontifical, practical, quizzical, radical, receptacle, reciprocal, satirical, skeptical, spectacle, tentacle, typical, unequivocal. |
| 3 | -k u l | acoustical, alphabetical, analytical, ankle, antithetical, apolitical, archaeological, archeological, astrological, astronautical, astronomical, asymmetrical, atypical, autobiographical, bicycle, bifocal, biographical, biological, biomedical, biotechnological, botanical, brickle, buckle, cackle, categorical, cervical, chronological, chuckle, circle, classical, comical, conical, crackle, critical, cubicle, cycle, cyclical, cylindrical, cynical, debacle, dermatological, diabolical, dialectical, ducal, ecclesiastical, ecological, economical, ecumenical, egotistical, electrical, electrochemical, electromechanical, elliptical, empirical, encircle, encyclical, epidemiological, eschatological, ethical, ethnical, evangelical, fanatical, fecal, fickle, fiscal, focal, freckle, galenical, geographical, geological, geometrical, geopolitical, gonococcal, grackle, granduncle, graphical, gynecological, hackle, heckle, helical, heretical, heterocercal, historical, honeysuckle, Huckle, hypercritical, hypocritical, hysterical, icicle, identical, ideological, illogical, immunological, inimical, ironical, jackal, knuckle, lackadaisical, lexical, liturgical, local, logical, logistical, lyrical, magical, mathematical, matriarchal, mechanical, meikle, metallurgical, metaphorical, metaphysical, methodological, metrical, Mickle, morphological, motorcycle, muckle, musical, mystical, mythological, neoclassical, neurological, nickel, Nickle, Nicol, nonelectrical, nonpolitical, nonsensical, nonsurgical, nontechnical, ontological, optical, ornithological, paradoxical, pathological, patriarchal, pedagogical, periodical, petrochemical, pharmaceutical, pharmacological, philosophical, phonological, physical, physiological, pickle, popsicle, preclinical, problematical, prototypical, psychical, psychological, pumpernickel, puritanical, rabbinical, radiological, ramshackle, rankle, rascal, recycle, rhetorical, ruckle, runkle, sabbatical, semiclassical, semicylindrical, semitropical, serological, shackle, shekel, sickle, sociological, Sokol, sparkle, speckle, spherical, sprinkle, statistical, stereotypical, stickle, strategical, suckle, surgical, symmetrical, tabernacle, tackle, tactical, technical, technological, teleological, testicle, theatrical, theological, theoretical, tickle, tinkle, topical, toxicological, trickle, tricycle, tropical, twinkle, typographical, tyrannical, umbilical, uncle, uncritical, uneconomical, unethical, unicycle, unshackle, untypical, vehicle, vertical, viatical, virological, vocal, whimsical, Winkle, wrinkle, zoological. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-c-e-h-i-l-n-o-r" | |
-1 letter: chlorine, choleric, clincher, corniche, cornicle, enchoric. | |
-2 letters: chloric, chlorin, choicer, choline, choreic, chorine, chronic, conchie, cornice, crocein, crocine, helicon. | |
-3 letters: chicer, chicle, choice, choler, choric, cicero, cineol, circle, clench, cleric, cliche, clinch, cloche, cloner, clonic, cochin, coheir, coiler, coiner, cornel, echoic, enolic, enrich, heroic, heroin, holier, lichen, neroli, orcein, orchil, recoil, recoin, richen. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-c-e-h-i-l-n-o-r" | |
+1 letter: chronicled, chronicler, chronicles. | |
+2 letters: cholinergic, chroniclers, necrophilic. | |
+3 letters: heliocentric, necrophiliac, unchronicled. | |
+4 letters: chancellories, necrophiliacs, neurochemical, phallocentric, pyrotechnical. | |
+5 letters: chancellorship, chronometrical, geochronologic, neurochemicals, prosencephalic, schoolchildren. | |
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