Meanings
nounnarration (countable and uncountable, plural narrations)
plural narrations
- countableuncountableThe act of recounting or relating in order the particulars of some action, occurrence, or affair; a narrating.
The novel contains a first-person narration.
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The film used voice-over narration to explain the story.
His calm narration made the documentary easy to follow.
- countableuncountableThat which is narrated or recounted; an orderly recital of the details and particulars of some transaction or event, or of a series of transactions or events; a story or narrative.
Synonyms & antonyms
Similar
nouna message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
Broader
nounthe act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinnarrātiō
- Old Frenchnarracion
- Middle Frenchnarration
- Englishnarration
From Middle French narration, from Old French narracion, from Latin narrātiō. By surface analysis, Latin narr- + -ate + -ion.
More words from Middle French, Old French, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek διήγησις, ἀφήγησις
- διήγησις (diḗgēsis)act of recounting or relating
- ἀφήγησις (aphḗgēsis)act of recounting or relating
- διήγησις (diḗgēsis)orderly recital of the particulars of a transaction or event
Arabic حِكَايَة, حِكَايَة
- حِكَايَة (ḥikāya)act of recounting or relating
- حِكَايَة (ḥikāya)orderly recital of the particulars of a transaction or event
Bengali বয়ান, রেওয়ায়ৎ
- বয়ান (boẏan)act of recounting or relating
- রেওয়ায়ৎ (reōẇaẏot)act of recounting or relating
- বয়ান (boẏan)orderly recital of the particulars of a transaction or event
Bulgarian разка́зване, описа́ние
- разка́зване (razkázvane)act of recounting or relating
- описа́ние (opisánie)act of recounting or relating
- ра́зказ (rázkaz)orderly recital of the particulars of a transaction or event
Chinese Mandarin 講述 /讲述, 敘述 /叙述
- 講述 /讲述 (jiǎngshù)act of recounting or relating
- 敘述 /叙述 (xùshù)act of recounting or relating
Czech vyprávění, vypravování
- vyprávěníact of recounting or relating
- vypravováníact of recounting or relating
- vykládáníact of recounting or relating
Esperanto rakonto
- rakontoact of recounting or relating
Finnish kertomus, kuvaus
- kertomusact of recounting or relating
- kuvausact of recounting or relating
- kerrontaorderly recital of the particulars of a transaction or event
French narration
- narrationact of recounting or relating
German Erzählung, Erzählung
- Erzählungact of recounting or relating
- Erzählungorderly recital of the particulars of a transaction or event
Greek αφήγηση, διήγηση
- αφήγηση (afígisi)act of recounting or relating
- διήγηση (diígisi)act of recounting or relating
Hindi कथन, कथन
- कथन (kathan)act of recounting or relating
- कथन (kathan)orderly recital of the particulars of a transaction or event
Irish ríomh, reacaireacht
- ríomhact of recounting or relating
- reacaireachtact of recounting or relating
- reacaireachtorderly recital of the particulars of a transaction or event
- reacaireachtpart of an oration
Japanese ナレーション, 叙述
- ナレーション (narēshon)act of recounting or relating
- 叙述 (jojutsu)act of recounting or relating
Korean 서술, 내레이션
- 서술 (seosul)act of recounting or relating
- 내레이션 (naereisyeon)act of recounting or relating
- 이야기하기 (iyagihagi)act of recounting or relating
- 이야기 (iyagi)orderly recital of the particulars of a transaction or event
- 소설 (soseol)orderly recital of the particulars of a transaction or event
Latvian stāstīšana, stāstījums
- stāstīšanaact of recounting or relating
- stāstījumsact of recounting or relating
- stāstījumsorderly recital of the particulars of a transaction or event
- stāstsorderly recital of the particulars of a transaction or event
Polish opowiedzenie, narracja
- opowiedzenieact of recounting or relating
- narracjaorderly recital of the particulars of a transaction or event
- opowiadanieorderly recital of the particulars of a transaction or event
- opowieśćorderly recital of the particulars of a transaction or event
- narracjapart of an oration
Portuguese narração, narração
- narraçãoact of recounting or relating
- narraçãoorderly recital of the particulars of a transaction or event
Russian повествова́ние, изложе́ние
- повествова́ние (povestvovánije)act of recounting or relating
- изложе́ние (izložénije)act of recounting or relating
- расска́з (rasskáz)act of recounting or relating
- расска́з (rasskáz)orderly recital of the particulars of a transaction or event
- ди́кторский текст (díktorskij tekst)part of an oration
Spanish narración
- narraciónact of recounting or relating
Thai การเล่าเรื่อง
- การเล่าเรื่องact of recounting or relating
Ukrainian оповіда́ння, розповіда́ння
- оповіда́ння (opovidánnja)act of recounting or relating
- розповіда́ння (rozpovidánnja)act of recounting or relating
- оповіда́ння (opovidánnja)orderly recital of the particulars of a transaction or event
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with narration
informationeducationlocationapplicationassociationadministrationorganizationcorporationregistrationAsianfoundationcommunicationpopulationnavigationstationaccommodationoperationpublicationvacationtransportationevaluationimplementationinstallationnation
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Cite this entry
APA
narration. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/narration
MLA
“narration.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/narration. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “narration,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/narration.
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