Definitions for narrative
ˈnær ə tɪvnar·ra·tive

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.5 / 4 votes

1. narrative, narration, story, taleadjective

   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. narrativeadjective

   consisting of or characterized by the telling of a story

   "narrative poetry"

WiktionaryRate this definition:4.5 / 4 votes

1. narrativenoun

   The systematic recitation of an event or series of events.

2. narrativenoun

   That which is narrated.

3. narrativeadjective

   Telling a story.

4. narrativeadjective

   Being overly talkative; garrulous.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Narrativeadjective

   Etymology: narratif-ve, Fr. from narro, Lat.

   1. Relating; giving an account.

   The words of all judicial acts are written narratively, unless it be in sentences dispositive and enacting; therefore credit ought to be given to these acts, though the words be narrative. John Ayliffe, Parergon.

   2. Storytelling; apt to relate things past.

   Age, as Davenant says, is always narrative. Dryden.

   The poor, the rich, the valiant and the sage,
   And boasting youth, and narrative old age. Alexander Pope.

2. Narrativenoun

   A relation; an account; a story.

   In the instructions I here give to others, concerning what they should do, take a narrative of what you have done. Robert South, Sermons.

   Cynthio was much taken with my narrative. Tatler, №. 58.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Narrative

   A narrative, story, or tale is any account of a series of related events or experiences, whether nonfictional (memoir, biography, news report, documentary, travelogue, etc.) or fictional (fairy tale, fable, legend, thriller, novel, etc.). Narratives can be presented through a sequence of written or spoken words, through still or moving images, or through any combination of these. The word derives from the Latin verb narrare (to tell), which is derived from the adjective gnarus (knowing or skilled). Narration (i.e., the process of presenting a narrative) is a rhetorical mode of discourse, broadly defined (and paralleling argumentation, description, and exposition), is one of four rhetorical modes of discourse. More narrowly defined, it is the fiction-writing mode in which a narrator communicates directly to an audience. The school of literary criticism known as Russian formalism has applied methods that are more often used to analyse narrative fiction, to non-fictional texts such as political speeches.Oral storytelling is the earliest method for sharing narratives. During most people's childhoods, narratives are used to guide them on proper behavior, cultural history, formation of a communal identity, and values, as especially studied in anthropology today among traditional indigenous peoples.Narrative is found in all forms of human creativity, art, and entertainment, including speech, literature, theatre, music and song, comics, journalism, film, television and video, video games, radio, game-play, unstructured recreation, and performance in general, as well as some painting, sculpture, drawing, photography, and other visual arts, as long as a sequence of events is presented. Several art movements, such as modern art, refuse the narrative in favor of the abstract and conceptual. Narrative can be organized into a number of thematic or formal categories: nonfiction (such as creative nonfiction, biography, journalism, transcript poetry, and historiography); fictionalization of historical events (such as anecdote, myth, legend, and historical fiction) and fiction proper (such as literature in the form of prose and sometimes poetry, short stories, novels, narrative poems and songs, and imaginary narratives as portrayed in other textual forms, games, or live or recorded performances). Narratives may also be nested within other narratives, such as narratives told by an unreliable narrator (a character) typically found in the genre of noir fiction. An important part of many narratives is its narrative mode, the set of methods used to communicate the narrative through a written or spoken commentary (see also "Aesthetics approach" below).

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. narrative

   A narrative is a story or account of events, experiences, or observations, presented in a sequential manner and often involving characters or settings. It can be fictional or non-fictional, and aims to convey a specific message or engage the audience in an immersive and cohesive storytelling experience.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 3 votes

1. Narrativeadjective

   of or pertaining to narration; relating to the particulars of an event or transaction

2. Narrativeadjective

   apt or inclined to relate stories, or to tell particulars of events; story-telling; garrulous

3. Narrativenoun

   that which is narrated; the recital of a story; a continuous account of the particulars of an event or transaction; a story

4. Etymology: [Cf. F. narratif.]

WikidataRate this definition:4.2 / 5 votes

1. Narrative

   A narrative is any account that presents connected events, and may be organized into various categories: non-fiction; fictionalized accounts of historical events; and fiction proper. Narrative is found in all forms of human creativity and art, including speech, writing, songs, film, television, video games, photography, theatre, and visual arts such as painting that describes a sequence of events. The word derives from the Latin verb narrare, "to tell", and is related to the adjective gnarus, "knowing" or "skilled". The word "story" may be used as a synonym of "narrative". It can also be used to refer to the sequence of events described in a narrative. Narratives may also be nested within other narratives, such as narratives told by unreliable narrator typically found in noir fiction genre. An important part of narration is the narrative mode, the set of methods used to communicate the narrative through a process narration.

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'narrative' in Nouns Frequency: #2656

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How to pronounce narrative?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of narrative in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of narrative in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of narrative in a Sentence

1. Brian Pinero:

   A lot of times, it can be tied to the job, power isn’t just defined by money or status at company— it could also be an important person in a family. So the ability to make a charge of that is, ‘Prove it.’ And that’s the constant narrative of victims: You have to explain why they should be believed and justify why they should be helped because it’s always, ‘What were you wearing?’ ‘What were you drinking?’ ‘Why were you there?’ ‘Where were your girlfriends?’.

2. Jay Winik:

   I tend to sort of see things within snapshots in time, in terms of narrative structure, it works well.

3. Fatima Gaw:

   They've been using a lot of influencers or content creators on YouTube, to peddle this fabricated narrative about the Marcos Jr era being the golden age of the The Philippines ', that there was peace and order during the time.

4. Central Asian:

   China is at odds with countries in the region because it is still looking at Russia's war in Ukraine from this anti-West narrative -- like it's about to bring down Western hegemony.

5. Ed Markey:

   Republicans can and should join us in addressing the real problems posed by Big Tech, instead, my Republican colleagues continue to feed a false narrative about anti-conservative bias meant to intimidate Big Tech so Big Tech will stand idly by and allow interference in our election again. Violence and hate speech online are real problems ; anti-conservative bias is not a problem. ... Big Tech's business model, which puts profits ahead of people, is a real problem ; anti-conservative bias is not a problem.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=narrative
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Narrative
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=narrative
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narrative
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/narrative
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=narrative
8. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=narrative