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an·nals (an′əlz)

plural noun

  1. a written account of events year by year in chronological order
  2. historical records or chronicles; history
  3. any journal reporting discoveries in some field, meetings of a society, etc.

Etymology: L annalis, pl. annales < annus, year: see annual

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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