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chronological

adjective/ˌkrɒnəˈlɒdʒɪkəl/

B1CEFR level
20/100Rarity: fairly common
TechnicalRegister

Arranged in the order in which events occurred in time.

Give the background in chronological order so the story is easy to follow.

Similar: sequential

Topic: Clinical handover in Medical English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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