noun
1. 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
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his narrative was interesting
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Disney's stories entertain adults as well as children
• Hypernyms: ↑message, ↑content, ↑subject matter, ↑substance
• Hyponyms:
↑tearjerker, ↑tall tale, ↑folktale, ↑folk tale, ↑sob story, ↑sob stuff, ↑fairytale, ↑fairy tale, ↑fairy story, ↑nursery rhyme
• Instance Hyponyms: ↑Canterbury Tales
2. the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events
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his narration was hesitant
• Hyponyms: ↑relation, ↑telling, ↑recounting
• Part Meronyms:
3. (rhetoric) the second section of an oration in which the facts are set forth
• Derivationally related forms: ↑narrate
• Topics: ↑rhetoric
• Hypernyms: ↑section, ↑subdivision
Useful english dictionary. 2012.