narration.
The act of recounting or relating in order the particulars of some action, occurrence, or affair; a narrating.
Meaning & usage
The act of recounting or relating in order the particulars of some action, occurrence, or affair; a narrating.
The film used voice-over narration to explain the story.
His calm narration made the documentary easy to follow.
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.
That part of an oration in which the speaker makes his or her statement of facts.
Where this word comes from
From Middle French narration, from Old French narracion, from Latin narrātiō. By surface analysis, Latin narr- + -ate + -ion.
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