narration

[na-rey-shuhn]

noun

1. something narrated; an account, story, or narrative.

2. the act or process of narrating.

3. a recital of events, especially in chronological order, as the story narrated in a poem or the exposition in a drama.

4. Rhetoric.,  (in classical speech) the third part, the exposition of the question.

narration

/ nəˈreɪʃən /

noun

1. the act or process of narrating

2. a narrated account or story; narrative

3. (in traditional rhetoric) the third step in making a speech, the putting forward of the question

narration

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

Other Word Forms

• narrational adjective
• nonnarration noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of narration¹

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English, from Latin narrātiōn-, stem of narrātiō “narrative, story”; equivalent to narrate + -ion

Example Sentences

In her opening narration, Farsi explains how she’d been looking for a way into Gaza to understand it beyond the media reports.

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Instead, the narration jumps forward, flashes back and stalls, for brief periods, in the capricious memory of the narrator, John Dowell.

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Whether this is a flaw is up to you, but Smith’s opening narration provides the only backdrop or exposition we ever get in “Patti Smith: Dream of Life.”

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Mr. Dyer’s droll narration might spark readers’ own distant recollections.

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Helm’s narration alternates with chapters from perspectives including an astrologer, an astronomer, a Crusader, an herbalist and a climatologist, each adding to the strength of the immortal force.

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Related Words

• anecdote 
• narrative 
• tale 
• voice-over