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narration

[ na-rey-shuh n ]
/ næˈreɪ ʃən /
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noun

something narrated; an account, story, or narrative.
the act or process of narrating.
a recital of events, especially in chronological order, as the story narrated in a poem or the exposition in a drama.
Rhetoric. (in classical speech) the third part, the exposition of the question.

RELATED WORDS

tale, anecdote, narrative, voice-over, story, explanation, yarn, recital, rehearsal, report, relation, telling, account, recounting, recountal, storytelling

Nearby words

narmer, narraganset, narragansett, narragansett bay, narrate, narration, narrative, narrative of the life of frederick douglass, narrativize, narrator, narrow

Origin of narration

1400–50; late Middle English < Latin narrātiōn- (stem of narrātiō), equivalent to narrāt(us) (see narrate) + -iōn- -ion

Related forms

nar·ra·tion·al, adjectivenon·nar·ra·tion, noun
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British Dictionary definitions for narration

narration

/ (nəˈreɪʃən) /

noun

the act or process of narrating
a narrated account or story; narrative
(in traditional rhetoric) the third step in making a speech, the putting forward of the question
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Culture definitions for narration

narration

The recounting of an event or series of events; the act of telling a story.

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