Definition of Narrative

1. Adjective. Consisting of or characterized by the telling of a story. "Narrative poetry"

Similar to: Communicative, Communicatory
Derivative terms: Narrate

2. Noun. A message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program. "Disney's stories entertain adults as well as children"
Exact synonyms: Narration, Story, Tale
Specialized synonyms: Tearjerker, Tall Tale, Folk Tale, Folktale, Sob Story, Sob Stuff, Fairy Story, Fairy Tale, Fairytale, Nursery Rhyme
Generic synonyms: Content, Message, Subject Matter, Substance
Specialized synonyms: Canterbury Tales
Derivative terms: Narrate, Narrate, Tell, Tell

Definition of Narrative

1. a. Of or pertaining to narration; relating to the particulars of an event or transaction.

2. n. That which is narrated; the recital of a story; a continuous account of the particulars of an event or transaction; a story.

Definition of Narrative

1. Adjective. Telling a story. ¹

2. Adjective. Being overly talkative; garrulous. ¹

3. Noun. The systematic recitation of an event or series of events. ¹

4. Noun. That which is narrated. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Narrative

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Narrative

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Literary usage of Narrative

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Publications by Dorset Record Society, Ohio Civil War Centennial Commission, Ohio Historical Society (1896)
"APPENDIX I JOHN MACDONALD'S Narrative ' THE following story forms a fitting ... SIR,—The Manuscript narrative of the escape of Prince Charles Stuart, ..."

2. The Travels of Marco Polo by Marco Polo, Giovanni Battista Baldelli Boni, Hugh Murray, Société de géographie (France) (1852)
"Grounds of Confidence in the Narrative— No prior Source of Information ; yet accurate Survey of the Eastern Regions—Recent additional Proofs—Charges against ..."

3. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1900)
"Narrative of Events during the Invasion of Russia by Napoleon Bonaparte and the Retreat of the French Army,' 1812, edited by Wilson's nephew and son-in-law ..."

4. Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson, Alexander Harvey (1906)
"CHAPTER XIX Narrative RESUMED BY JIM HAWKINS: THE GARRISON IN THE STOCKADE AS soon as Ben Gunn saw the colours he came to a halt, stopped me by the arm, ..."

5. Minnesota in the Civil and Indian Wars 1861-1865 by Minnesota (1890)
"Narrative OF THE FIRST REGIMENT. BY LIEUTENANT WILLIAM LOCH REN. At the request of my comrades I have assumed to write the narrative of the Pirst Regiment ..."

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