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narrate

[ nar-eyt, na-reyt ]

verb (used with object)

narrated, narrating.
  1. to give an account or tell the story of (events, experiences, etc.).

    Synonyms: ,

  2. to add a spoken commentary to (a film, television program, etc.):

    The Oscar-winning actor recently produced and narrated a new documentary on climate change.



verb (used without object)

narrated, narrating.
  1. to relate or recount events, experiences, etc., in speech or writing.

narrate

/ əˈɪ /

verb

  1. to tell (a story); relate
  2. to speak in accompaniment of (a film, television programme, etc)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • Բˈٲ, adjective
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Other Word Forms

  • Բ۲·· adjective
  • Բ··ٴǰ Բ·· [nar, -ey-ter, na-, rey, -, nar, -, uh, -], noun
  • ·Բ۲ٱ verb misnarrated misnarrating
  • un·Բ۲·· adjective
  • ܲ·Բ۲· adjective
  • ɱ-Բ۲· adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of narrate1

First recorded in 1650–60; from Latin Բٳܲ (past participle of Բ ”to relate, tell, say”), equivalent to (ܲ) “knowing, acquainted with” (variant of ܲ; cognition ) + -ٳܲ -ate 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of narrate1

C17: from Latin Բ to recount, from ܲ knowing
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The golf stories are narrated by the “oldest member” of an upper-class golf club who buttonholes unwary younger members to regale them with his memories of golfers he has known.

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The memoir’s double-helix structure, in which Ward narrates both forward and backward, disrupts notions of time and space.

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The song features the disco-inspired chorus “Do the King Kong, baby,” with actor Burgess Meredith simulating the historic Hindenburg disaster radio broadcast as he narrates the massive ape-machine’s fiery crash to the ground.

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It is a jukebox musical of Celine Dion hits, where Celine herself hijacks a museum tour about the Titanic cruise liner in order to narrate her version of what happened the night the vessel sank.

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“I’m beginning to think I was put here to tell a bigger truth. Our truth,” they narrate in one of their more grandiose moments.

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