Describing & telling stories (Definition of narrating from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

The meaning of NARRATE is to tell (a story) in detail; also : to provide spoken commentary for (something, such as a movie or television show). How to use narrate in a sentence.

1. to give an account or tell the story of (events, experiences, etc.). 2. to add a spoken commentary to (a film, television program, etc.). 3. to relate or recount events, experiences, etc., in speech or writing. …

Definition of narrate verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

If you narrate a story, you tell it from your own point of view. The three of them narrate the same events from three perspectives. [VERB noun] Its story-within-a-story method of narration is confusing. Jules, …

narrating 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, …

NARRATE definition: to give an account or tell the story of (events, experiences, etc.). See examples of narrate used in a sentence.

narrating, n. meanings, etymology, pronunciation and more in the Oxford English Dictionary

Sep 22, 2025 · narrate (third-person singular simple present narrates, present participle narrating, simple past and past participle narrated) (transitive) To relate (a story or series of events) in speech …

The author narrates her story in great detail. Who narrated that film? The narrator of the story is a ten-year-old child.