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.

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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See the long account in Von Botzheim's narration, ubi supra, 113.
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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.