·noun ·pl The record of a single event or item.
II. Annals ·noun ·pl Historical records; chronicles; history.
III. Annals ·noun ·pl A relation of events in chronological order, each event being recorded under the year in which it happened.
IV. Annals ·noun ·pl A periodic publication, containing records of discoveries, transactions of societies, ·etc.; as "Annals of Science.".