chronology

US /kɹəˈnɑl.ə.d͡ʒi/ UK /kɹəˈnɒl.ə.d͡ʒi/ See IPA manual

Freq #51826

Meanings

1

noun
The arrangement of events in the order they happened.

The museum displays the artist's paintings in chronology, from his earliest sketches to his final works.
2

noun
A record or list of events shown in time order.

The book includes a detailed chronology of the war at the back.
3

noun
The study of working out the dates and order of past events.

Scholars rely on chronology to determine exactly when these ancient cities were built.

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Word family

Forms chronologies

Derived forms astrochronologybiochronologycementochronologychronologicchronological chronologicallychronologicitychronologickchronologistchronologizecosmochronologydendrochronology

Related forms chronicle chronograph

Etymology

From chrono- (“relating to time”) + -logy (“study of, account of”), after New Latin chronologia from Ancient Greek χρόνος (khrónos, “time”) + λόγος (lógos, “reason, explanation”). Literally "time reason" in Modern Greek.

chronologia la-new χρόνος Ancient Greek

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Topics

Word Formation & Derivatives General Vocabulary

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# chronology

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /kɹəˈnɑl.ə.d͡ʒi/
**IPA (UK):** /kɹəˈnɒl.ə.d͡ʒi/
**Frequency rank:** 51826

## Meanings
1. The arrangement of events in the order they happened.
2. A record or list of events shown in time order.
3. The study of working out the dates and order of past events.

## Examples
- The museum displays the artist's paintings in chronology, from his earliest sketches to his final works.
- The book includes a detailed chronology of the war at the back.
- Scholars rely on chronology to determine exactly when these ancient cities were built.

## Derived Forms
- astrochronology
- biochronology
- cementochronology
- chronologic
- chronological
- chronologically
- chronologicity
- chronologick
- chronologist
- chronologize
- cosmochronology
- dendrochronology

## Related Forms
- chronicle
- chronograph

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: chronologia
- Root: χρόνος

## Etymology
From chrono- (“relating to time”) + -logy (“study of, account of”), after New Latin chronologia from Ancient Greek χρόνος (khrónos, “time”) + λόγος (lógos, “reason, explanation”). Literally "time reason" in Modern Greek.

## AI Etymology
Chronology is from chrono- (“relating to time”) + -logy (“study of, account of”), after New Latin chronologia from Ancient Greek χρόνος (khrónos, “time”) + λόγος (lógos, “reason, explanation”). Literally "time reason" in Modern Greek. The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern nominal form is built from the named base and affix. Important recorded forms include chronologia (la-new) and χρόνος (Ancient Greek). Current senses include the arrangement of events in the order they happened and a record or list of events shown in time order. The wider family includes derived forms such as astrochronology, biochronology, cementochronology, chronologic, and chronological; related words such as chronicle and chronograph.

## Topics
- Word Formation & Derivatives
- General Vocabulary

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