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annals

Noun
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

Historical records or chronicles. It often appears in formal or literary writing.

Detailed Definition
Annals are records of events arranged by year, especially in a historical or official sense. In poetry, the word can give a grand, commemorative tone, as if the action is being entered into history itself.
Example
Example in poetry:
The annals of the village keep no record of the washerwomen's names; “The annals of the poor” may challenge official history; In the annals of war, one small letter survives the archive; A poet revises the annals by restoring overlooked voices
Additional Notes
In the line quoted, "annals" is a formal, less common word for historical records that many readers may need to look up.; Found in the poem, The Charge Of The Light Brigade by Richard
Also Known As
Chronicles Records Historical Accounts
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