English

Adjective

narrative ‎(comparative more narrative, superlative most narrative)

1. Telling a story.
2. Overly talkative; garrulous.
   • (Can we date this quote?) Alexander Pope

     But wise through time, and narrative with age.

3. Of or relating to narration.

   the narrative thrust of a film

Translations

Noun

narrative ‎(countable and uncountable, plural narratives)

1. The systematic recitation of an event or series of events.
2. That which is narrated.
3. A representation of an event or story.
   • 2014 October 21, Oliver Brown, “Oscar Pistorius jailed for five years – sport afforded no protection against his tragic fallibilities: Bladerunner's punishment for killing Reeva Steenkamp is but a frippery when set against the burden that her bereft parents, June and Barry, must carry [print version: No room for sentimentality in this tragedy, 13 September 2014, p. S22]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Sport):

     Yes, there were instances of grandstanding and obsessive behaviour, but many were concealed at the time to help protect an aggressively peddled narrative of [Oscar] Pistorius the paragon, the emblem, the trailblazer.

(Can we add an example for this sense?)

Derived terms

• antenarrative
• antinarrative
• metanarrative

Related terms

• narrate
• narration
• narrator

Translations

French

Adjective

narrative

1. feminine of narratif

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nar.raˈt̪iː.ve], /narraˈtive/

Adjective

narrative

1. feminine plural of narrativo

Anagrams

• antiverrà
• arrivante
• interrava
• rientrava