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# chronological

adjective (chronological); adverb (chronologically)

«chronological» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Chronological means arranged in the order in which things happened, from earliest to latest. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chronological/#m1)
2. «Chronological order» is putting events, dates or steps in time order. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chronological/#m2)

### In the lessons

In history lessons, pupils put events in chronological order on a timeline. In English writing, a recount or biography is often written in chronological order using time words like «first, next, then, finally». In maths and data, sorting by time is a kind of ordering. Phrases: «chronological order», «in chronological order», «reverse chronological order».

### Examples

- Put these pictures in chronological order to tell the story. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chronological/#x1)
- Our history timeline is chronological, from the Stone Age to today. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chronological/#x2)
- A diary is written in chronological order. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chronological/#x3)
- The photos on my phone are arranged chronologically. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chronological/#x4)
- The teacher asked us to list the kings in chronological order. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chronological/#x5)
- Reverse chronological order puts the newest first. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chronological/#x6)
- A recount should be chronological so the reader can follow it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chronological/#x7)

### Note

Adjective. Spelled «chrono-» (Greek for time) + «logical». The «ch» sounds like «k»: «kron-o-LOJ-i-kul». Compare: alphabetical order (A to Z), numerical order (by number), chronological order (by time).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «chronological» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chronological/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«chronological» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chronological.html) on Mova free.