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narrating

narrating is the present participle and gerund of narrate.

Meaning of narrate

Verb

narrate (third-person singular simple present narrates, present participle narrating, simple past and past participle narrated)

  1. (transitive) To relate (a story or series of events) in speech or writing.
    • narrate a story
    Synonyms:
    tell
  2. To give an account.
    • narrate the meeting
    Synonyms:
    report

Noun

narrating (plural narratings)

  1. An act of narration.

Forms of narrating

pluralnarratings

Questions about narrating

What does narrating mean?
Narrating means an act of narration.
What is narrating the present participle and gerund of?
Narrating is the present participle and gerund of narrate.
What part of speech is narrating?
Narrating is a noun.
What is the plural of narrating?
The plural of narrating is narratings.

Words near narrating in the dictionary

  1. narrater
  2. narraters
  3. narrates
  4. narratest
  5. narrateth
  6. narrating
  7. narratings
  8. narration
  9. narrational
  10. narrations
  11. narrative

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Adapted from Wiktionary: narrating (page history and authors); narrate (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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