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to chronologize

to chronologize

9.2
To put events in the order they happened in time
  • verb
  • /krəˈnɑːləˌdʒaɪz/
translation icon : cronologizar
  • As part of the report, we will chronologize the company's major milestones since its founding.

Examples

  • To understand the project better, we need to chronologize all the events leading up to the final decision.

  • Or chronologize them.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • The historian decided to chronologize the significant events of the war for her new book.

Synonyms

to chronicle
vsto chronologize
70 5.7

To write events in the order they happened

focuses on arranging events by time order rather than recording them
to sequence
vsto chronologize
21 4.4

To arrange things in a certain order

focuses on arranging events in time order rather than creating a logical order

How Ordered

to chronologize
9.2
to sequence
21 4.4

Surface Forms

chronologize infinitive
chronologized past
chronologized past participle
chronologizing present participle
chronologizes third person singular

Morphology

chronologize = chronology (transparent) = chron + log + ize

The verb 'chronologize' is transparently derived from 'chronology' by adding the suffix '-ize', meaning to make or arrange in chronological order.

Etymology

The word chronologize begins with the root chron- from Greek, which means 'time' and appears in familiar words like chronology and chronicle. So, to chronologize is to put events in the order they happened — to arrange them by 'time'.