noun ·pl the record of a single event or item.
2. annals ·noun ·pl historical records; chronicles; history.
3. annals ·noun ·pl a relation of events in chronological order, each event being recorded under the year in which it happened.
4. annals ·noun ·pl a periodic publication, containing records of discoveries, transactions of societies, ·etc.; as "annals of science.".