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narrate
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb narrate has 2 senses
- narrate(v = verb.communication) Array - provide commentary for a film, for example; Array is one way to inform
- narrate(v = verb.communication) recite, recount, tell - narrate or give a detailed account of; "Tell what happened"; "The father told a story to his child" is one way to inform
Derived forms noun narration2, noun narration1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Derived forms noun narration3, noun narration2, noun narration1, adjective narrative1, noun narrator1
Sample sentence:
They won't narrate the story
CIDE DICTIONARY
narrate, v. t. [L. narratus, p. p. of narrare to narrate, prob. for gnarigare, fr. gnarus knowing. See Ignore, Know.].
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. [1913 Webster]
Syn. -- To relate; recount; detail; describe.
OXFORD DICTIONARY
narrate, v.tr. (also absol.)
1 give a continuous story or account of.
2 provide a spoken commentary or accompaniment for (a film etc.).
1 give a continuous story or account of.
2 provide a spoken commentary or accompaniment for (a film etc.).
Derivative
narratable adj. narration n.
Etymology
L narrare narrat-
THESAURUS
narrate
allegorize, chronicle, descant, describe, detail, dilate, discourse, expatiate, fable, fabulize, fictionalize, mythicize, mythify, mythologize, novelize, recite, recount, rehearse, relate, repeat, report, retail, retell, reveal, review, romance, state, storify, tell, tell a story, unfold, unfold a taleROGET THESAURUS
narrate
Description
VB describe, set forth, draw a picture, picture, portray, characterize, particularize, narrate, relate, recite, recount, sum up, run over, recapitulate, rehearse, fight one's battles over again, unfold a tale, tell, give an account of, render an account of, report, make a report, draw up a statement, detail, enter into particulars, enter into details, descend to particulars, descend to details, itemize.
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