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chronological

adj · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌkɹɒnəˈlɒd͡ʒɪkəl/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Atlantic-Canada, General-American: /ˌkɹɑnəˈlɑd͡ʒɪkəl/
  • Texas: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Canada, dialectal: /ˌkɹɒnəˈlɒd͡ʒɪkəl/ of the US
  • Australian: /ˌkɹɔnəˈlɔd͡ʒɪkəl/
  • New-Zealand: /ˌkɹɒnəˈlɒd͡ʒəkəl/
  • New-Zealand: [ˌkɹɔ̟nəˈlɔ̟d͡ʒəkəl]
  • CMU ARPABET: K R AA2 N AH0 L AA1 JH IH0 K AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Relating to time, or units of time.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • He is 67 in chronological age, but has the mind and body of someone 55.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

In order of time from the earliest to the latest.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The live report lists all the events in chronological order.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

In order of time from the earliest to the latest.

Relating to the arrangement of events in the order in which they occur within a story, rather than the order in which they are released.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: films; shows; books; etc; films; shows; books; etc

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adjective

Meaning 4

relating to or arranged according to temporal order

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • chronological age

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek χρόνος (khrónos)bor. English chrono- Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh2 Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logialbor. French -logiebor. English -logy Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ic Proto-Indo-European *h2el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ical English -ical English -logical ▲ English chrono- ▲ English -logy English chronology ▲ English -ical English chronological From chrono- + -logical or chronology + -ical.

Across languages

Translations

51 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: chronologies — in order of time from the earliest to the latest
  • Afrikaans: kronologies — in order of time from the earliest to the latest
  • Arabic: مُرَتَّب زَمَنِيَّا (murattab zamaniyyā) — in order of time from the earliest to the latest
  • Armenian: ժամանակագրական (žamanakagrakan) — in order of time from the earliest to the latest
  • Belarusian: храналагі́чны (xranalahíčny) — in order of time from the earliest to the latest
  • Bulgarian: хронологически (hronologičeski) — in order of time from the earliest to the latest
  • Catalan: cronològic — in order of time from the earliest to the latest
  • Chinese Mandarin: 按時間先後 /按时间先后 (àn shíjiān xiānhòu) — in order of time from the earliest to the latest
  • Czech: chronologický — in order of time from the earliest to the latest
  • Danish: kronologisk — in order of time from the earliest to the latest
  • Dutch: chronologisch — in order of time from the earliest to the latest
  • Esperanto: kronologia — in order of time from the earliest to the latest
  • Esperanto: tempa — in order of time from the earliest to the latest
  • Estonian: kronoloogiline — in order of time from the earliest to the latest
  • Finnish: kronologinen — in order of time from the earliest to the latest
  • French: chronologique — in order of time from the earliest to the latest
  • Galician: cronolóxico — in order of time from the earliest to the latest
  • Georgian: ქრონოლოგიური (kronologiuri) — in order of time from the earliest to the latest
  • German: chronologisch — in order of time from the earliest to the latest
  • German: zeitlich — in order of time from the earliest to the latest
  • Greek: χρονολογικός (chronologikós) — in order of time from the earliest to the latest
  • Hebrew: כּרוֹנוֹלוֹגִי — in order of time from the earliest to the latest
  • Hungarian: időrendi — in order of time from the earliest to the latest
  • Hungarian: kronológiai — in order of time from the earliest to the latest
  • Hungarian: kronologikus — in order of time from the earliest to the latest
  • Indonesian: kronologis — in order of time from the earliest to the latest
  • Irish: cróineolaíoch — in order of time from the earliest to the latest
  • Italian: cronologico — in order of time from the earliest to the latest
  • Japanese: 経時的 (keijiteki) — in order of time from the earliest to the latest
  • Kazakh: хронологиялық (xronologiälyq) — in order of time from the earliest to the latest
  • Korean: 연대기의 (yeondaegiui) — in order of time from the earliest to the latest
  • Latvian: hronoloģisks — in order of time from the earliest to the latest
  • Lithuanian: chronologinis — in order of time from the earliest to the latest
  • Lithuanian: chronologiškas — in order of time from the earliest to the latest
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kronologisk — in order of time from the earliest to the latest
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kronologisk — in order of time from the earliest to the latest
  • Persian: زمانی (zamâni) — in order of time from the earliest to the latest
  • Polish: chronologiczny — in order of time from the earliest to the latest
  • Portuguese: cronológico — in order of time from the earliest to the latest
  • Romanian: cronologic — in order of time from the earliest to the latest
  • Russian: хронологический (xronologičeskij) — in order of time from the earliest to the latest
  • Serbo-Croatian: хронолошки — in order of time from the earliest to the latest
  • Serbo-Croatian: кронолошки — in order of time from the earliest to the latest
  • Serbo-Croatian: hronološki — in order of time from the earliest to the latest
  • Serbo-Croatian: kronološki — in order of time from the earliest to the latest
  • Slovak: chronologický — in order of time from the earliest to the latest
  • Slovene: kronološki — in order of time from the earliest to the latest
  • Spanish: cronológico — in order of time from the earliest to the latest
  • Swedish: kronologisk — in order of time from the earliest to the latest
  • Turkish: kronolojik — in order of time from the earliest to the latest
  • Ukrainian: хронологічний (xronolohičnyj) — in order of time from the earliest to the latest
Real reading context

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