Describing & telling stories (Definition of narrating from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

The meaning of NARRATE is to tell (a story) in detail; also : to provide spoken commentary for (something, such as a movie or television show). How to use narrate in a sentence.

1. to give an account or tell the story of (events, experiences, etc.). 2. to add a spoken commentary to (a film, television program, etc.). 3. to relate or recount events, experiences, etc., in speech or writing. …

Definition of narrate verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

NARRATE definition: to give an account or tell the story of (events, experiences, etc.). See examples of narrate used in a sentence.

If you narrate a story, you tell it from your own point of view. The three of them narrate the same events from three perspectives. [VERB noun] Its story-within-a-story method of narration is confusing. Jules, …

Narration is a required element of all written stories (novels, short stories, poems, memoirs, etc.), presenting the story in its entirety.

The author narrates her story in great detail. Who narrated that film? The narrator of the story is a ten-year-old child.

• He is writing to his sister, narrating the extraordinary tale that he has been told by Frankenstein. • Magona has a surer touch when narrating the sweep of history that builds up to create inevitable …

'Narrating' means to tell a story or describe a series of events. It can be used in various contexts, such as recounting an experience, telling a story, or narrating a documentary.