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Narration
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Narration has 3 senses
- narration(n = noun.communication) narrative, story, tale - 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; "his narrative was interesting"; "Disney's stories entertain adults as well as children" has particulars: tearjerker, tall tale, folk tale, folktale, sob story, sob stuff, fairy story, fairy tale, fairytale, nursery rhyme, canterbury tales
- narration(n = noun.communication) recital, yarn - the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events; "his narration was hesitant" has parts: body, introduction, close, closing, conclusion, end, ending
- narration(n = noun.communication) Array - (rhetoric) the second section of an oration in which the facts are set forth; Array is a kind of section, subdivision
is a kind of content, message, subject matter, substance
Derived forms verb narrate2, verb narrate1
is a kind of account, report
has particulars: recounting, relation, telling
Derived forms verb narrate2, verb narrate1
Derived form verb narrate2
CIDE DICTIONARY
Narration, n. [L. narratio: cf. F. narration.].
- The act of telling or relating the particulars of an event; a recital of certain events, usually in chronological order; rehearsal. [1913 Webster]
- That which is related; the relation in words or writing of the particulars of any transaction or event, or of any series of transactions or events; a narrative; story; history. [1913 Webster]
- That part of a discourse which recites the time, manner, or consequences of an action, or simply states the facts connected with the subject. [1913 Webster]
Syn. -- Account; recital; rehearsal; relation; description; explanation; detail; narrative; story; tale; history. See Account.
THESAURUS
Narration
account, anecdotage, anecdote, chronicle, chronicling, describing, description, detailing, epic, epos, narrative, portrayal, reading, recital, recitation, recording, recountal, recounting, rehearsal, relating, relation, report, retelling, revelation, review, saga, story, tale, tale-telling, telling, unfolding, yarn, yarn spinningROGET THESAURUS
Narration
Description
N description, account, statement, report, expose, specification, particulars, state of facts, summary of facts, brief, return, catalogue raisonne, guidebook, delineation, sketch, monograph, minute account, detailed particular account, circumstantial account, graphic account, narration, recital, rehearsal, relation, historiography, chronography, historic Muse, Clio, history, biography, autobiography, necrology, obituary, narrative, history, memoir, memorials, annals, saga, tradition, legend, story, tale, historiette, personal narrative, journal, life, adventures, fortunes, experiences, confessions, anecdote, ana, trait, work of fiction, novel, romance, Minerva press, fairy tale, nursery tale, fable, parable, apologue, dime novel, penny dreadful, shilling shocker relator, raconteur, historian, biographer, fabulist, novelist, descriptive, graphic, narrative, epic, suggestive, well-drawn, historic, traditional, traditionary, legendary, anecdotic, storied, described, furor scribendi.
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