Definition of ANNALS

annals

Noun

  • reports of the work of a society or learned body etc
  • a chronological account of events in successive years
  • plural of annal
  • A relation of events in chronological order, each event being recorded under the year in which it happened.
  • Historical records; chronicles; history.
  • A periodic publication, containing records of discoveries, transactions of societies, etc.

Examples

  • Annals of Science

Origin / Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French annales, from Latin annālēs librī (“chronicles”), from annālis (“pertaining to a year”), from annus (“year”) + librī, plural of liber (“book”). Compare with annual.

Synonyms

chronological record, history

Scrabble Score: 6

annals: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
annals: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
annals: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 9

annals: valid Words With Friends Word