chronology

CEFRB1

/kɹəˈnɒl.ə.d͡ʒi/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The order in which events happened.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    An arrangement of events into chronological order; called a timeline when involving graphical elements.

Examples

  • I here aver that his chronology is correct.

  • The film's chronology is not entirely obvious, but can be worked out by the clothes the characters are wearing in the scenes.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

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Parts of speech
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Deep Dive

noun

Extra meaning

  1. The science of determining the order in which events occurred.

Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

Historians rely on a precise blank to order events from ancient times.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

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.