narration
/nəˈɹeɪ.ʃən/US/ˌnæɹˈeɪ.ʃən/
narration noun: the act of recounting or relating in order the particulars of some action, occurrence, or affair; a narrating.
Noun
narration (countable and uncountable, plural narrations)
- 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.
- His calm narration made the documentary easy to follow.
- 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.
- That part of an oration in which the speaker makes his or her statement of facts.
narration meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
narration in Hindi
- act of recounting or relating
- कथन kathan
- orderly recital of the particulars of a transaction or event
- कथन kathan
narration in Urdu
- a narration
- حدیث hadīs
- narration
- کتھن kathan
narration in Bengali
- act of recounting or relating
- বয়ান boẏan, রেওয়ায়ৎ reōẇaẏot
- orderly recital of the particulars of a transaction or event
- বয়ান boẏan
narration in Malayalam
- narration
- കഥനം kathanaṁ, കീർത്തനം kīṟttanaṁ
More languagesFewer languages
- narration in Kannada
- ಕಥನ, ಕಥಾ ನಿರೂಪಣೆ, ನಿರೂಪಣೆ, ಹೇಳುವಿಕೆ
- narration in Sanskrit
- कथन kathana
- narration in Arabic
- حِكَايَة ḥikāya
- narration in Thai
- การเล่าเรื่อง
Examples of narration in a sentence
- Neither man has an alternative career in audiobook narration awaiting him upon retirement.
- As Christian discourse unfolds, it regularly blends "biblical" pictorial narration into its own ongoing pictorial narration.
- As such, it is the most coherent and integrated hypodiegetic act of narration in Dubliners.
Synonyms of narration
Forms of narration
| plural | narrations |
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Origin of narration
From Middle French narration, from Old French narracion, from Latin narrātiō. By surface analysis, Latin narr- + -ate + -ion.
Words formed from narration
Words that rhyme with narration
- station
- collation
- accommodation
- presentation
- derivation
- information
- modulation
- translation
- application
- fixation
- generation
- orientation
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- citation
- combination
- communication
- conjugation
- constellation
- determination
- elevation
- operation
- relation
- reservation
- alternation
- condensation
- conversation
- deviation
- excavation
- foliation
- formation
- foundation
- incarnation
- interpretation
- representation
- retardation
- speculation
- termination
- abbreviation
- adaptation
- articulation
- bifurcation
- concentration
- congregation
- declination
- degradation
- expectation
- extenuation
- gradation
- observation
- population
- preparation
- reconciliation
- rotation
- separation
- situation
- vexation
- vindication
- accumulation
- administration
- aggregation
- appropriation
Questions about narration
- What does narration mean?
- Narration means the act of recounting or relating in order the particulars of some action, occurrence, or affair; a narrating.
- What is narration in Hindi?
- Narration in Hindi is कथन (kathan). See Narration meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is narration?
- Narration is a noun.
- How do you pronounce narration?
- Narration is pronounced /nəˈɹeɪ.ʃən/ (UK).
- What is the plural of narration?
- The plural of narration is narrations.
Words near narration in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: narration (page history and authors); حدیث (Urdu) (page history and authors); കഥനം (Malayalam) (page history and authors); narration (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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