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an⋅nals

  [an-lz]
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–noun (used with a plural verb)
1. a record of events, esp. a yearly record, usually in chronological order.
2. historical records generally: the annals of war.
3. a periodical publication containing the formal reports of an organization or learned field.
Origin:
1555–65; (< MF) < L annālēs (librī) lit., yearly (books), pl. of annālis continuing for a year, annual, equiv. to ann(us) a year + ālis -al 1

Synonyms:
1, 2. chronicles, history.
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an·nals   (ān'əlz)   
pl.n.  

  1. A chronological record of the events of successive years.

  2. A descriptive account or record; a history: "the short and simple annals of the poor" (Thomas Gray).

  3. A periodical journal in which the records and reports of a learned field are compiled.


[Latin (librī) annālēs, yearly (books), annals, pl. of annālis, yearly, from annus, year; see at- in Indo-European roots.]
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annals 
1563, from L. annales libri "chronicles," lit. "yearly books," from pl. of annalis "pertaining to a year," from annus "year" (see annual).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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