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 Definitions of narrative  [ˈnær ə tɪv]  

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Definition of 'narrative' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) narrative
a story or account of events, experiences, or the like, whether true or fictitious.

2.  narrative
the art, technique, or process of narrating.

3. (adj.) narrative
consisting of or being a narrative:
narrative poetry.

4.  narrative
of or pertaining to narration.

5.  narrative
representing stories or events pictorially or sculpturally:
narrative painting.

Etymology:  (1555–65; < L)

Definition of 'narrative' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) narrative, narration, story, tale
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"; "Disney's stories entertain adults as well as children"

2. (adj) narrative
consisting of or characterized by the telling of a story
"narrative poetry"


Definition of 'narrative' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) narrative
of or pertaining to narration; relating to the particulars of an event or transaction

2. (adj) narrative
apt or inclined to relate stories, or to tell particulars of events; story-telling; garrulous

3. (noun) narrative
that which is narrated; the recital of a story; a continuous account of the particulars of an event or transaction; a story


Translation of 'narrative' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a story
an exciting narrative.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: vertelling Arabic flag Arabic: رِوائي، قَصَصي Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: разказ
Brazilian flag Brazilian: narrativa Czech flag Czech: historka, příběh German flag German: erzählend
Danish flag Danish: fortælling Greek flag Greek: ιστορία, αφήγημα Spanish flag Spanish: narrativa, narración, rel
Estonian flag Estonian: jutustus Farsi flag Farsi: قصه Finnish flag Finnish: kertomus
French flag French: récit Hebrew flag Hebrew: סִיפּוּר Hindi flag Hindi: वर्णात्मक
Croatian flag Croatian: narativan, pripovjedni Hungarian flag Hungarian: elbeszélés Indonesian flag Indonesian: cerita
Icelandic flag Icelandic: saga, frásögn Italian flag Italian: narrativa Japanese flag Japanese: 物語り
Korean flag Korean: 이야기 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: pasakojimas Latvian flag Latvian: stāsts; stāstījums
Malay flag Malay: naratif Dutch flag Dutch: verhaal Norwegian flag Norwegian: historie, fortelling
Polish flag Polish: opowiadanie Persian flag Persian: قصه Pashto flag Pashto: كيسه
Portuguese flag Portuguese: narrativa Romanian flag Romanian: povestire Russian flag Russian: рассказ, повесть
Slovak flag Slovak: príbeh Slovenian flag Slovenian: pripoved Serbian flag Serbian: pripovetka
Swedish flag Swedish: berättelse, skildring Thai flag Thai: เรื่องเล่า Turkish flag Turkish: öykü
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 敘述 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: оповідання; повість Urdu flag Urdu: کہاني
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: chuyện kể Chinese flag Chinese: 记叙文,叙述

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