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narration

  • /nəˈɹeɪ.ʃən/ UK
  • [nəˈɹeɪ.ʃn̩] UK
  • /ˌnæɹˈeɪ.ʃən/ US
  • [ˌnæɹˈeɪ.ʃn̩] US
  • /nɛɹˈeɪ.ʃən/ US
  • [nɛɹˈeɪ.ʃn̩] US
  • /nəˈɹæɪ.ʃən/ Australia
  • [nəˈɹæɪ.ʃn̩] Australia

Rhymes with -eɪʃən

Where it comes from

From Middle French narration, from Old French narracion, from Latin narrātiō. By surface analysis, Latin narr- + -ate + -ion.

noun narrations

  1. countable, uncountable The act of recounting or relating in order the particulars of some action, occurrence, or affair; a narrating. The film used voice-over narration to explain the story.
  2. countable, uncountable That which is narrated or recounted; an orderly recital of the details and particulars of some transaction or event, or of a series of transactions or events; a story or narrative.
  3. countable, rhetoric, uncountable That part of an oration in which the speaker makes his or her statement of facts.

Similar: relation

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: narrative, recital, story, tale, yarn, storytelling, plot, enumeration, novel, account, chronicle, portrayal, report, description, relation, recounting

noun

Similar: relation

Translations

Every language

noun act of recounting or relating

Españolnarración
한국어서술 seosul, 내레이션 naereisyeon, 이야기하기 iyagihagi
日本語ナレーション narēshon, 叙述 jojutsu
中文講述 /讲述 jiǎngshù, 敘述 /叙述 xùshù
हिन्दीकथन kathan
Portuguêsnarração
Françaisnarration
DeutschErzählung
Ελληνικάαφήγηση afígisi, διήγηση diígisi
Русскийповествова́ние povestvovánije, изложе́ние izložénije, расска́з rasskáz
العربيةحِكَايَة ḥikāya

noun orderly recital of the particulars of a transaction or event

한국어이야기 iyagi, 소설 soseol
हिन्दीकथन kathan
Portuguêsnarração
DeutschErzählung
Русскийрасска́з rasskáz
العربيةحِكَايَة ḥikāya

noun part of an oration

Русскийди́кторский текст díktorskij tekst

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Chicago

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@misc{narration_2026,
  title = {narration},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/narration},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}