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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun narrative has 1 sense
- narrative(n = noun.communication) narration, 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
is a kind of content, message, subject matter, substance
Adjective narrative has 1 sense
CIDE DICTIONARY
narrative, a. [Cf. F. narratif.].
- Of or pertaining to narration; relating to the particulars of an event or transaction. [1913 Webster]
- Apt or inclined to relate stories, or to tell particulars of events; story-telling; garrulous. [1913 Webster]"But wise through time, and narrative with age." [1913 Webster]
narrative, n.
That which is narrated; the recital of a story; a continuous account of the particulars of an event or transaction; a story. [1913 Webster]
"Cyntio was much taken with my narrative."
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Syn. -- Account; recital; rehearsal; relation; narration; story; tale. See Account.
OXFORD DICTIONARY
narrative, n. & adj.
--n.
1 a spoken or written account of connected events in order of happening.
2 the practice or art of narration.
--adj. in the form of, or concerned with, narration (narrative verse).
--n.
1 a spoken or written account of connected events in order of happening.
2 the practice or art of narration.
--adj. in the form of, or concerned with, narration (narrative verse).
Derivative
narratively adv.
Etymology
F narratif -ive f. LL narrativus (as NARRATE)
THESAURUS
narrative
Alcaic, Anacreontic, Castalian, Homeric, Hudibrastic, Pierian, Pindaric, Theocritean, account, anecdotage, anecdotal, anecdote, anecdotic, bardic, bucolic, chronicle, chronicling, description, didactic, dithyrambic, dramatic, eclogic, elegiac, epic, epos, heroic, history, idyllic, mock-heroic, narration, narrational, pastoral, poetic, poetico-mystical, poetico-mythological, poetico-philosophic, poetlike, portrayal, recital, record, recountal, recounting, rehearsal, relation, report, retelling, revelation, review, rhapsodic, runic, saga, sapphic, skaldic, statement, storied, storified, story, tale, tale-telling, telling, version, yarn, yarn spinningROGET THESAURUS
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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, 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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