narrative
Other forms: narratives; narratively
A narrative is a story that you write or tell to someone, usually in great detail. A narrative can be a work of poetry or prose, or even song, theater, or dance.
Often a narrative is meant to include the "whole story." A summary will give a few key details and then the narrative will delve into the details. "I hate to interrupt your narrative," is a polite way of stopping someone in the middle of a story. The origin of this noun is the Latin adjective narrativus, from narrare "to tell," from gnarus "knowing." It is related to our English verb know.
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a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program“his narrative was interesting”examples:Canterbury Talesan uncompleted series of tales written after 1387 by Geoffrey Chaucertypes:tearjerkeran excessively sentimental narrativetall talean improbable (unusual or incredible or fanciful) storysob story, sob stuffa sentimental story (or drama) of personal distress; designed to arouse sympathyfairy story, fairy tale, fairytalea children's story involving imaginary, magical or fantastical beings or elementsnursery rhymea tale in rhymed verse for childrentype of:
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consisting of or characterized by the telling of a story“narrative poetry”synonyms:
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