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narrate
[ nar-eyt, na-reyt ]
verb (used with object)
- to give an account or tell the story of (events, experiences, etc.).
Synonyms: ,
- 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)
- to relate or recount events, experiences, etc., in speech or writing.
narrate
/ əˈɪ /
verb
- to tell (a story); relate
- to speak in accompaniment of (a film, television programme, etc)
Derived Forms
- Բˈٲ, adjective
Other Word Forms
- Բ۲·· adjective
- Բ··ٴǰ Բ·· [nar, -ey-ter, na-, rey, -, nar, -, uh, -], noun
- ·Բ۲ٱ verb misnarrated misnarrating
- un·Բ۲·· adjective
- ܲ·Բ۲· adjective
- ɱ-Բ۲· adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of narrate1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
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.
The memoir’s double-helix structure, in which Ward narrates both forward and backward, disrupts notions of time and space.
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.
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.
“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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