narrate
/nəˈɹeɪt/US/ˈnæɹeɪt/
narrate verb: to relate (a story or series of events) in speech or writing.
Verb
narrate (third-person singular simple present narrates, present participle narrating, simple past and past participle narrated)
narrate meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
narrate in Hindi
- to relate a story
- सुनाना sunānā, बयान करना bayān karnā, वर्णन करना varṇan karnā
narrate in Tamil
- விளக்கப்படுத்து, விவரித்துக்கூறு
narrate in Urdu
- to relate a story
- بیان کرنا bayān karnā, نقل کرنا naql karnā
narrate in Bengali
- to relate a story
- বর্ণনা করা bôrnôna kôra
More languagesFewer languages
- narrate in Malayalam
- പറയുക, വിവരിച്ചുപറയുക, വിസ്തരിച്ചെഴുതുക
- narrate in Kannada
- ಹೇಳು, ನಿರೂಪಿಸು, ಕಥನಮಾಡು, ಕೊಗೆ
- narrate in Odia
- କହିବା kahibā
- narrate in Arabic
- حَكَى ḥakā, رَوَى rawā, قَصَّ qaṣṣa, سَرَدَ sarada
- narrate in Malay
- menceritakan, meroyat, mengisahkan
- narrate in Indonesian
- menceritakan
- narrate in Persian
- تعریف کردن ta'rif kardan, نقل کردن naql kardan
- narrate in Thai
- บรรยาย ban-yaai, พากย์ pâak, เล่าขาน lâo-kǎan, เล่า lâo
- narrate in Vietnamese
- kể lại, thuật lại
- narrate in Myanmar
- ပြော prau:, ပြန်ပြော pranprau:
Examples of narrate in a sentence
- The story was narrated from an omniscient point of view.
- The male European mantis “uses his feelers to calm her down”, the BBC narrates.
- Teiresias went on to narrate coming out as queer and, later, as a transguy.
Synonyms of narrate
Forms of narrate
| third-person singular present | narrates |
|---|---|
| present participle | narrating |
| past participle | narrated |
| past | narrated |
Origin of narrate
In English (recorded only since 1656, but until the 19th century stigmatized as 'Scottish') apparently from narration.
Words formed from narrate
Words that rhyme with narrate
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- mate
- late
- bate
- create
- date
- relate
- vibrate
- wait
- deflate
- fate
- migrate
- rebate
- rotate
- strait
- supererogate
- translocate
- await
- eight
- freight
- skate
- alternate
- collate
- debate
- inflate
- sedate
- update
- compensate
- delate
- dilate
- fixate
- grate
- Haight
- hate
- implicate
- innate
- intercalate
- locate
- mandate
- negate
- overweight
- pinnate
- quadrate
- tate
- vacate
- aerate
- calibrate
- castrate
- conflate
Questions about narrate
- What does narrate mean?
- Narrate means to relate (a story or series of events) in speech or writing.
- What is narrate in Hindi?
- Narrate in Hindi is सुनाना (sunānā), बयान करना (bayān karnā), वर्णन करना (varṇan karnā). See Narrate meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is narrate?
- Narrate is a verb.
- How do you pronounce narrate?
- Narrate is pronounced /nəˈɹeɪt/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of narrate?
- The past tense of narrate is narrated.
Words near narrate in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: narrate (page history and authors); narrate (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); narrate (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); narrate (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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