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Webster 1913 Edition
narration
nar-ra′tion
,Noun.
[L.
narratio
: cf. F. narration
.] 1.
The act of telling or relating the particulars of an event; a recital of certain events, usually in chronological order; rehearsal.
2.
That which is related; the relation in words or writing of the particulars of any transaction or event, or of any series of transactions or events; a narrative; story; history.
3.
(Rhet.)
That part of a discourse which recites the time, manner, or consequences of an action, or simply states the facts connected with the subject.
Syn. – Account; recital; rehearsal; relation; description; explanation; detail; narrative; story; tale; history. See
Account
. Webster 1828 Edition
Narration
NARRATION
,Noun.
1.
The act of telling or relating the particulars of an event; rehearsal; recital.2.
Relation; story; history; the relation in words or writing, of the particulars of any transaction or event,, or of any series of transactions or events.3.
In oratory, that part of a discourse which recites the time, manner, or consequences of an action , or simply states the facts connected with the subject.Definition 2025
narration
narration
English
Noun
narration (plural narrations)
- The act of recounting or relating in order the particulars of some action, occurrence, or affair; a narrating.
- That which is narrated or recounted; an orderly recital of the details and particulars of some transaction or event, or of a series of transactions or events; a story or narrative.
- (rhetoric) That part of an oration in which the speaker makes his or her statement of facts.
Related terms
Translations
act of recounting or relating
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orderly recital of the particulars of a transaction or event
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part of an oration
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References
- narration in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911