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Entry 4 senses Webster, 1913

Annals

/ăn'-əlz/ · An·nals · IPA /ˈæn.əlz/
01 n. pl. A relation of events in chronological order, each event being recorded under the year in which it happened.
  1. 1.
    A relation of events in chronological order, each event being recorded under the year in which it happened.
  2. 2.
    Historical records; chronicles; history.
    “The short and simple annals of the poor.” — Gray.
    “It was one of the most critical periods in our annals.” — Burke.
  3. 3.
    The record of a single event or item.
  4. 4.
    A periodic publication, containing records of discoveries, transactions of societies, etc.; as “Annals of Science.”
Syn. History. See History.