narrate
English
Etymology
In English (recorded only since 1656, but until the 19th century stigmatized as 'Scottish') apparently from narration.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /nəˈɹeɪt/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (US) IPA(key): /ˈnæɹeɪt/
- Rhymes: -eɪt
Verb
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 or writing.
- Synonym: tell
- narrate a story
- narrate a tale
- narrate one's life
- narrate the play
- To give an account.
- Synonym: report
- narrate the meeting
Derived terms
- aforenarrated
Related terms
- narrater
- narration
- narrative
- narrator
- narratory
Translations
to relate a story
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to give an account
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Italian
Verb
narrate
- inflection of narrare:
- second-person plural present indicative
- second-person plural imperative
Participle
narrate f pl
- feminine plural of narrato
Anagrams
- ranatre
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /naːrˈraː.te/, [näːrˈräːt̪ɛ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /narˈra.te/, [närˈräːt̪e]
Verb
nārrāte
- second-person plural present active imperative of nārrō
Participle
nārrāte
- vocative masculine singular of nārrātus