Meaning of NARRATIVE
Pronunciation: | | 'narutiv
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- [n] a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; "his narrative was interesting"; "his stories entertained the children"
- [adj] consisting of or characterized by the telling of a story; "narrative poetry"
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| Synonyms: | | communicative, communicatory, narration, story, tale |
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| See Also: | | content, fairy story, fairy tale, fairytale, folk tale, folktale, message, nursery rhyme, sob story, sob stuff, subject matter, substance, tall tale | |
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| Definition: | | Narrative Description not available. more details ... |
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Nar"ra*tive\, a. [Cf. F. narratif.]
1. Of or pertaining to narration; relating to the particulars
of an event or transaction.
2. Apt or inclined to relate stories, or to tell particulars
of events; story-telling; garrulous.
But wise through time, and narrative with age.
--Pope.
\Nar"ra*tive\, n.
That which is narrated; the recital of a story; a continuous
account of the particulars of an event or transaction; a
story.
Cyntio was much taken with my narrative. --Tatler.
Syn: Account; recital; rehearsal; relation; narration; story;
tale. See {Account}.
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| Related Terms: | | account, Alcaic, Anacreontic, anecdotage, anecdotal, anecdote, anecdotic, bardic, bucolic, Castalian, chronicle, chronicling, description, didactic, dithyrambic, dramatic, eclogic, elegiac, epic, epos, heroic, history, Homeric, Hudibrastic, idyllic, mock-heroic, narration, narrational, pastoral, Pierian, Pindaric, poetic, poetico-mystical, poetico-mythological, poetico-philosophic, poetlike, portrayal, recital, record, recountal, recounting, rehearsal, relation, report, retelling, revelation, review, rhapsodic, runic, saga, sapphic, skaldic, statement, storied, storified, story, tale, tale-telling, telling, Theocritean, version, yarn, yarn spinning |
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