Past tense of narrate
regular verb
The past tense of narrate is narrated. The past participle is also narrated.
Forms of narrate
| Base form (V1) | narrate /nəˈɹeɪt/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | narrated /nəˈɹeɪtɪd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | narrated /nəˈɹeɪtɪd/ |
| Present participle | narrating |
| Third person singular | narrates |
Narrated in a sentence
- The story was narrated from an omniscient point of view.From the entry omniscient
- I already narrated my first film, Ta Dona, in the same way that a griot would have.2003, Melissa Thackway, “Interview I: Adama Drabo, director”, in Africa Shoots Back: Alternative Perspectives in Sub-Saharan Francophone…. From the entry griot
- During the nineteenth century battues for large carnivores were quite frequently narrated as instructive stories about the organization of the hunt.2017, Karin Dirke, “Changing Narratives of Human: Large Carnivore Encounters in Nineteenth-century Sweden”, in Tuomas Räsänen, Taina…. From the entry battue
- A wrenching breakup is narrated via Facebook, GChat, Skype and a number of other mediating and alienating applications.2014 February 7, Teddy Wayne, “The 7-Day Digital Diet”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC…. From the entry gchat
- For starters, there’s a collection of fully narrated video tutorials that show you step by step how to perform various tasks.1999 June, Popular Mechanics, page 34. From the entry handholder
Meaning of narrate
- verb To relate (a story or series of events) in speech or writing.
- verb To give an account.
Questions about the past tense of narrate
- What is the past tense of narrate?
- The past tense of narrate is narrated.
- What is the past participle of narrate?
- The past participle of narrate is narrated.
- Is narrate a regular or irregular verb?
- Narrate is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: narrate (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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