Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to relate a story:
Русский
By meaning 1
to relate a story:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to relate a story:
to give an account:

Examples

31 sentences

  1. They narrated a story to him.

    anzart · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · B1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  2. This documentary was narrated by David Attenborough.

    Цей документальний фільм був озвучений Девідом Аттенборо. — deniko

    ruЭтот документальный фильм был озвучен Дэвидом Аттенборо. — marafon

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  3. It is narrated in the first person.

    ruПовествование ведётся от первого лица. — marafon

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Meaning

2 senses

  1. (transitive)To relate (a story or series of events) in speech or writing.

    narrate a story

    narrate a tale

    erzählen

    расска́зыватьrasskázyvatʹ, рассказа́тьrasskazátʹ, пове́дыватьpovédyvatʹ

    розповіда́тиrozpovidáty, розповісти́rozpovistý, розка́зуватиrozkázuvaty

  2. To give an account.

    narrate the meeting

    berichten

More definitions
  • provide commentary for a film, for example
  • narrate or give a detailed account of

Origin

In English (recorded only since 1656, but until the 19th century stigmatized as 'Scottish'

In English (recorded only since 1656, but until the 19th century stigmatized as 'Scottish') apparently from narration.

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Forms

narrates, narrating, narrated, narrated

regular · Lesson

Base formnarrate · to narrate
3rd person singularnarrates
Present participlenarrating
Past simplenarrated
Past participlenarrated

Tenses

narrate · narrated · will narrate · have narrated

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Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theynarrate
he, she, itnarrates

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave narrated
he, she, ithas narrated

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill narrate

Past simpleLesson

all personsnarrated

Synonyms

4 synonyms
To relate in speech or writing:tellA1
To give an account:reportB1
Close in meaning

Word family

15 related words
RelatednarrativeB1narratorB2antenarratologynarrationnarratologynarratory
Derivedaforenarratedmisnarratenarratabilitynarratablenarratagenarrateenarratemerenarrateunnarrated

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
narcissusnarcolepsynarcoticnarrationnarrativeB1narratorB2

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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