narrate
verb/nəˈreɪt/
/ˈnæreɪt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they narrate | /nəˈreɪt/ /ˈnæreɪt/ |
| he / she / it narrates | /nəˈreɪts/ /ˈnæreɪts/ |
| past simple narrated | /nəˈreɪtɪd/ /ˈnæreɪtɪd/ |
| past participle narrated | /nəˈreɪtɪd/ /ˈnæreɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form narrating | /nəˈreɪtɪŋ/ /ˈnæreɪtɪŋ/ |
- narrate something (formal) to tell a story synonym relate
- She entertained them by narrating her adventures in Africa.
- The story is narrated in flashback.
- narrate something to speak the words that form the text of a documentary film or programme
- The film was narrated by Andrew Sachs.
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from Latin narrat- ‘related, told’, from the verb narrare (from gnarus ‘knowing’).
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