English Explanatory Dictionary

narrative

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Telling a story.
  2. Overly talkative; garrulous.
  3. Of or relating to narration.
noun
  1. The systematic recitation of an event or series of events.
  2. That which is narrated.
  3. A representation of an event or story in a way to promote a certain point of view.
  4. A manner of conveying a story, fictional or otherwise, in a body of work.

Pronunciation

/ˈnæɹətɪv/ [ˈnæɹəɾɪv] /ˈnɛɹətɪv/ [ˈnɛɹəɾɪv] en-us-narrative.ogg /nəˈreʈɪv/

Word forms

narrative more narrative most narrative narratives

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Scots narrative, nerrative, from Middle French narratif, from Latin narrātīvus, from narrō (“to narrate”). By surface analysis, Latin narr- + -ate + -ive.

Related words

narrate narration narrator

Derived words

grounded narrative inquiry narrative arc narrative art narratively narrative present narrative structure narrative verdict narrativise narrativization narrativize nonnarrative pseudonarrative seminarrative semionarrative antenarrative antinarrative counternarrative cybernarrative geonarrative grand narrative ludonarrative metanarrative micronarrative multinarrative narrative hook narrativeless narrativist narrativistic narrativity narreme self-narrative sequential art narrative subnarrative
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