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• narrative — Narrative. s. f. Maniere de narrer. Il a la narrative belle, agreable. il a la narrative ennuyeuse …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

• Narrative — Nar ra*tive, a. [Cf. F. narratif.] 1. Of or pertaining to narration; relating to the particulars of an event or transaction. [1913 Webster] 2. Apt or inclined to relate stories, or to tell particulars of events; story telling; garrulous. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Narrative — Nar ra*tive, n. That which is narrated; the recital of a story; a continuous account of the particulars of an event or transaction; a story. [1913 Webster] Cyntio was much taken with my narrative. Tatler. [1913 Webster] Syn: Account; recital;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• narrative — I adjective anecdotal, communicative, declarative, declaratory, descriptive, detailed, disquisitional, epic, exegetic, exegetical, explanatory, explicative, explicatory, expositive, expository, graphic, illuminating, illuminative, illustrative,… …   Law dictionary

• narrative — [adj] storylike, chronological anecdotal, fictional, fictive, historical, narrated, recounted, reported, retold, sequential; concept 267 Ant. rambling narrative [n] story, tale account, anecdote, book, chronicle, chronology, description, detail,… …   New thesaurus

• narrative — ► NOUN 1) an account of connected events; a story. 2) the narrated part of a literary work, as distinct from dialogue. ► ADJECTIVE ▪ in the form of a narrative or concerned with narration. DERIVATIVES narratively adverb …   English terms dictionary

• narrative — [nar′ə tiv] adj. [L narrativus] 1. of, or having the nature of, narration; in story form 2. occupied or concerned with narration [a narrative poet] n. 1. a story; account; tale 2. the art or practice of narrating; narration SYN. STORY …   English World dictionary

• narrative — *story, tale, anecdote, yarn Analogous words: chronicle, *account, report, story, version: *fiction, fabrication, figment, fable …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• Narrative — A narrative is a constructive format (as a work of speech, writing, song, film, television, video games, photography or theatre) that describes a sequence of non fictional or fictional events. The word derives from the Latin verb narrare, to… …   Wikipedia

• narrative — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ popular ▪ compelling ▪ coherent ▪ simple, straightforward ▪ complex …   Collocations dictionary

• narrative — narratively, adv. /nar euh tiv/, n. 1. a story or account of events, experiences, or the like, whether true or fictitious. 2. a book, literary work, etc., containing such a story. 3. the art, technique, or process of narrating: Somerset Maugham… …   Universalium