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Definition of Narrate
1. Verb. Provide commentary for a film, for example.
2. Verb. Narrate or give a detailed account of. "They won't narrate the story "; "The father told a story to his child"
Generic synonyms: Inform
Specialized synonyms: Relate, Crack, Yarn, Rhapsodise, Rhapsodize
Derivative terms: Narration, Narration, Narration, Narrative, Narrator, Recital, Recital, Recounting, Tale, Teller, Telling
Definition of Narrate
1. v. t. To tell, rehearse, or recite, as a story; to relate the particulars of; to go through with in detail, as an incident or transaction; to give an account of.
Definition of Narrate
1. Verb. (transitive) To relate a story or series of events by speech or writing. ¹
2. Verb. To give an account. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Narrate
1. to tell a story [v -RATED, -RATING, -RATES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Narrate
Literary usage of Narrate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"To narrate the history of the art of beermaking is to tell a story that is as
old as the human race. To trace the art of brewing from its early days down to ..."
2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"In dealing with this last period, it will be convenient to narrate briefly the
events relative, first to the Jews of the Old World, and next to those of the ..."
3. The German Language: Outlines of Its Development by Tobias Johann Casjen Diekhoff (1914)
"Perfect for Preterite to narrate Events of the Recent Past. Another peculiar use
of the perfect does not seem yet to be quite satisfactorily explained. ..."
4. The Growth of British Policy: An Historical Essay by John Robert Seeley (1903)
"If we enter at this late stage upon so crowded a period, our design cannot be to
narrate even slightly such occurrences as the rescue of Vienna from the ..."
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