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account, chronicle, delineation, depiction, depictment, description, descriptive account, discourse, disquisition, expositio, exposition, iteration, narratio, narrative, portrayal, recapitulation, recital, recitation, recountal, recounting, reiteration, relation, rendition, repetition, report, representation, restatement, retelling, review, setting forth, sketch, storytelling, summarization, summary, tale, tale telling
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account (report), recital, report (detailed account), representation (statement), story (narrative)
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narration — [ narasjɔ̃ ] n. f. • 1190; lat. narratio 1 ♦ Exposé écrit et détaillé d une suite de faits, dans une forme littéraire. ⇒ récit; exposé, relation. Les récits de famille « se gravent plus fortement dans la mémoire que les narrations écrites »… … Encyclopédie Universelle
narration — Narration. subst. fem. v. Narré, recit. Belle narration. narration simple, naive, sans ornement. narration pompeuse, magnifique, eloquente. narration historique. narration oratoire. narration poëtique. le fil de la narration. la narration est la… … Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
narration — et recit, Narratio. Une narration partie et divisée par personnages, où un chacun parle son tour, Narratio distincta personis, et interpuncta sermonibus. Narration coupée, Praecisa narratio. Narration qui n a rien de superflu, Pressa narratio … Thresor de la langue françoyse
narration — ar*ra tion, n. [L. narratio: cf. F. narration.] 1. The act of telling or relating the particulars of an event; a recital of certain events, usually in chronological order; rehearsal. [1913 Webster] 2. That which is related; the relation in words… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
narration — nar‧ra‧tion [nəˈreɪʆn ǁ næ , nə ] also nar‧ra‧tive [ˈnærətɪv] noun [countable] ACCOUNTING a note explaining the reason for an entry in an account * * * narration UK US /nəˈreɪʃən/ US /næˈreɪʃən/ noun [C] (also narrative) ACC … Financial and business terms
Narration — (lat.), Erzählung; narrativ, erzählend; narrabel, erzählbar … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
Narration — (latin), fortælling … Danske encyklopædi
narration — (n.) early 15c., from O.Fr. narracion account, statement, a relating, recounting, narrating, narrative tale, and directly from L. narrationem (nom. narratio) a relating, narrative, noun of action from pp. stem of narrare to tell, relate, recount … Etymology dictionary
narration — [n] description, reading account, anecdote, explanation, narrative, recital, recountal, recounting, rehearsal, relation, report, story, storytelling, tale, telling, voiceover*, yarn*; concepts 55,72,282 Ant. concealment, suppression … New thesaurus
narration — [na rā′shən, nərā′shən] n. [ME narracion < OFr < L narratio] 1. the act or process of narrating; the telling of a story or of happenings 2. a story or account; narrative 3. writing or speaking that narrates, as history, biography, or… … English World dictionary