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narration

Pronunciation: /nəˈɹeɪ.ʃən/

The English word “narration” has 3 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. The act of recounting or relating in order the particulars of some action, occurrence, or affair; a narrating.
  2. That 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.
  3. That part of an oration in which the speaker makes his or her statement of facts.

Etymology

From Middle French narration, from Old French narracion, from Latin narrātiō. By surface analysis, Latin narr- + -ate + -ion.

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