annals

Language: en

🇺🇸 /ˈænəlz/

📖 Definitions

  1. noun
    A record of events arranged in chronological order, typically year by year; historical records.; A record or account of notable events or achievements in a particular field or domain.; A periodical publication containing scholarly articles, reports, or proceedings, often issued by an academic institution or society.

🔗 Details

Word forms

countable Plural: annals

Collocations

annals of historyin the annals ofthe annals of sciencethe annals of timerecorded in the annals

Derivatives

annalist

Synonyms

chroniclesrecordsarchiveshistoriesaccountsregisters

Commonly confused

annual
EN: 'Annual' means yearly or a yearly publication; 'annals' are historical records or chronicles.
annals
EN: 'Annals' is almost always used in the plural; the singular 'annal' is extremely rare and archaic in modern English.

Spelling tips

EN: Do not confuse 'annals' (historical records) with 'annual' (yearly). Note the double 'n' in both words.

💬 Examples

  1. The annals of the monastery recorded every significant event from the 12th century onward.

  2. Her discovery will go down in the annals of scientific history.

  3. The research was published in the Annals of Mathematics.