narration

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
9
Words With Friends
11
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/nəˈɹeɪ.ʃən/(UK)
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/nəˈɹeɪ.ʃən/(UK) · [nəˈɹeɪ.ʃn̩](UK) · /ˌnæɹˈeɪ.ʃən/(US) · [ˌnæɹˈeɪ.ʃn̩](US) · /nɛɹˈeɪ.ʃən/(US) · [nɛɹˈeɪ.ʃn̩](US) · /nəˈɹæɪ.ʃən/ · [nəˈɹæɪ.ʃn̩]

Definition of narration

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)The act of recounting or relating in order the particulars of some action, occurrence, or affair; a narrating.
    “The film used voice-over narration to explain the story.”
    “His calm narration made the documentary easy to follow.”
    “The novel contains a first-person narration.”
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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)The act of recounting or relating in order the particulars of some action, occurrence, or affair; a narrating.
    “The film used voice-over narration to explain the story.”
    “His calm narration made the documentary easy to follow.”
    “The novel contains a first-person narration.”
  2. (countable, uncountable)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.
  3. (countable, rhetoric, uncountable)That part of an oration in which the speaker makes his or her statement of facts.

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Etymology

From Middle French narration, from Old French narracion, from Latin narrātiō. By surface analysis, Latin narr- + -ate + -ion.

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