narrate
to give an account or tell the story of (events, experiences, etc.).
to add a spoken commentary to (a film, television program, etc.): The Oscar-winning actor recently produced and narrated a new documentary on climate change.
to relate or recount events, experiences, etc., in speech or writing.
Origin of narrate
1synonym study For narrate
Other words for narrate
Other words from narrate
- nar·rat·a·ble, adjective
- nar·ra·tor, nar·rat·er [nar-ey-ter, na-rey-, nar-uh-], /ˈnær eɪ tər, næˈreɪ-, ˈnær ə-/, noun
- mis·nar·rate, verb, mis·nar·rat·ed, mis·nar·rat·ing.
- un·nar·rat·a·ble, adjective
- un·nar·rat·ed, adjective
- well-nar·rat·ed, adjective
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How to use narrate in a sentence
Raghavendran narrated an audio recording of the articles in the project for people who have vision or other reading challenges.
Editors’ Note: Why We Investigated the Treatment of People With Developmental Disabilities | by T. Christian Miller, ProPublica, and Jill Jorden Spitz, Arizona Daily Star | November 5, 2020 | ProPublicaIf you’ve ever watched a David Attenborough–narrated documentary—a statistical likelihood by this point—then you’ve heard sounds captured by Watson.
From a city guidebook publisher branching out to national parks to a new Kevin Costner–narrated app featuring forgotten stories of the West, these five releases are taking the act of travel into a whole new age.
When a book is narrated by Death, you know it’s gonna get dark.
The marine biologist has been narrating the story of the changing continent for the past 30 years.
The Greening of Antarctica - Issue 90: Something Green | Marissa Grunes | October 7, 2020 | Nautilus
For Washington is narrating America through its demons, one story at a time.
Smith did a creditable job narrating Pershing's (unsuccessful) 1916 expedition in pursuit of Pancho Villa.
Novels with dead young girls narrating seems to have hardened into a genre of its own.
The Problem With Dead Narrators: ‘The Catastrophic History of You and Me’ | Leila Sales | April 26, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThey plunged at once into conversation, narrating their mutual adventures; still it was not so pleasant as it might have been.
Skipper Worse | Alexander Lange KiellandIn life, our faith in any narration is much influenced by the personal appearance, voice, and gesture of the person narrating.
Friends in Council | Arthur HelpsAnother most important matter in writing history, and that indeed in which the art lies, is the method of narrating.
Friends in Council | Arthur HelpsI am thus particular in narrating details of events which led to a most disastrous result.
Hurricane Hurry | W.H.G. KingstonMy father was a clergyman, the vicar of a large parish in the south of Ireland, where the events I am now narrating took place.
Peter the Whaler | W.H.G. Kingston
British Dictionary definitions for narrate
/ (nəˈreɪt) /
to tell (a story); relate
to speak in accompaniment of (a film, television programme, etc)
Origin of narrate
1Derived forms of narrate
- narratable, adjective
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