narrate — ar*rate , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Narrated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Narrating}.] [L. narratus, p. p. of narrare to narrate, prob. for gnarigare, fr. gnarus knowing. See {Ignore}, {Know}.] To tell, rehearse, or recite, as a story; to relate the particulars … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
narrate — index communicate, convey (communicate), detail (particularize), inform (notify), recite, recoun … Law dictionary
narrate — (v.) 1748, back formation from narration or else from L. narratus, pp. of narrare to tell, relate, recount (see NARRATION (Cf. narration)). Richardson and Johnson call it Scottish [OED], a stigma which kept it from general use until 19c. A few… … Etymology dictionary
narrate — *relate, rehearse, recite, recount, describe, state, report Analogous words: tell, *reveal, disclose, discover: *discourse, expatiate, dilate, descant … New Dictionary of Synonyms
narrate — [v] describe, detail characterize, chronicle, delineate, depict, descant, disclose, discourse, enumerate, expatiate, give an account of, hold forth, make known, paint, picture, portray, proclaim, recite, recount, rehearse, relate, repeat, report … New thesaurus
narrate — ► VERB 1) give an account of. 2) provide a commentary for (a film, television programme, etc.). DERIVATIVES narration noun narrator noun. ORIGIN Latin narrare … English terms dictionary
narrate — [nar′āt΄; na rāt′, nərāt′] vt., vi. narrated, narrating [< L narratus, pp. of narrare, to tell, akin to gnarus, acquainted with < IE * ĝnoro < base * ĝen , to KNOW] 1. to tell (a story) in writing or speech 2. to give an account of… … English World dictionary
narrate — 01. They hired a famous actor to [narrate] their documentary about saving the whales. 02. The movie has a voice over [narrative] by the leading character to take us from one scene to another. 03. The former President [narrated] an excerpt from… … Grammatical examples in English
narrate — [[t]nəre͟ɪt, AM næ̱reɪt[/t]] narrates, narrating, narrated 1) VERB If you narrate a story, you tell it from your own point of view. [FORMAL] [V n] The three of them narrate the same events from three perspectives... [V n] The book is narrated by… … English dictionary
narrate — UK [nəˈreɪt] / US [ˈneˌreɪt] verb [transitive] Word forms narrate : present tense I/you/we/they narrate he/she/it narrates present participle narrating past tense narrated past participle narrated 1) to tell a story in speech or writing Mark… … English dictionary
