annals Definition
an·nals (an′əlz)
- a written account of events year by year in chronological order
- historical records or chronicles; history
- any journal reporting discoveries in some field, meetings of a society, etc.
Etymology: L annalis, pl. annales < annus, year: see annual
annals Synonyms
annals Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- history: In the annals of history Stalin's name will forever be recorded with the infamous brand of Cain!
- literature: The entire annals of literature afford nothing more beautiful, nothing more pathetic, than ' The Mother's Idol Broken.
- medicine: Annals of internal medicine as likely as collects data on.
- crime: It is new to me in the annals of crime.
- disease: Annals of Rheumatic Diseases ( accepted for publication ) Musculoskeletal pain in ethnic minority communities.
- time: Why do some ideas evolve through history while others are lost in the annals of time?
Converse of object
enter: The USS Monitor steamed for Hampton Roads on March 6, 1862 and entered the annals of history forever.
Preposition: for
year: This was a truly great scene and one that will feature heavily in the Corrie annals for years to come.
Adjective modifier
- Assyrian: The details of Israelite kings will have been taken by the Persian authors of the scriptures from Assyrian annals.
- Welsh: Wales also suffered raids, but to judge from the Welsh annals, Welsh armies avoided yielding large tracts of land to the newcomers.
- simple: The short and simple annals of the poor Are now writ long on forms obscure.
- Irish: Entries in Irish annals tell of internal disputes within Alba.
- royal: Archeologists have found Sennacherib's royal annals of the campaign.
- Black: Black annals of betrayal perhaps you will my closest childhood.
Noun used with modifier
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