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Definition of narrative adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

narrative

adjective
 
 
/ˈnærətɪv/
 
/ˈnærətɪv/
[only before noun] (formal)
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  1. describing events or telling a story
    • narrative fiction
    • Discuss the role of time in the narrative structure of the Iliad.
    • He is best known for his narrative poem of the Civil War.
    Word Originlate Middle English (as an adjective): from French narratif, -ive, from late Latin narrativus ‘telling a story’, from the verb narrare (from gnarus ‘knowing’).
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