narrative
Telling a storyTelling a story.
» It was his narrative that bored me to death.
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3 sensesTelling a story.
erzählend, erzählerisch, in erzählender Form darlegend
повествова́тельныйpovestvovátelʹnyj, наррати́вныйnarratívnyj
consisting of or characterized by the telling of a story
Overly talkative; garrulous.
ausschweifend, geschwätzig
разгово́рчивыйrazgovórčivyj, болтли́выйboltlívyj
Of or relating to narration.
the narrative thrust of a film
erzählerisch, narrativ
Examples
55 sentencesIt was his narrative that bored me to death.
The mystery contains more dialogue than narrative.
deDer Kriminalroman enthält mehr Dialog als erzählende Anteile. — Tamy
The story is a first-person narrative.
They believe they are losing the narrative.
We're breaking their control of the narrative.
Translations
5 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 3
Origin
Borrowed from Middle Scots narrative, nerrative, from Middle French narratif, from Latin nBorrowed from Middle Scots narrative, nerrative, from Middle French narratif, from Latin narrātīvus, from narrō (“to narrate”). By surface analysis, Latin narr- + -ate + -ive.
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Forms
more narrative, most narrative| Comparative | more narrative Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most narrative Lesson |
regular
Word family
13 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary 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.