Narrative
['nærətɪv]
Definition
(noun.) a 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; 'his narrative was interesting'; 'Disney's stories entertain adults as well as children'.
(adj.) consisting of or characterized by the telling of a story; 'narrative poetry' .
Checker: Marie--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Of or pertaining to narration; relating to the particulars of an event or transaction.
(a.) Apt or inclined to relate stories, or to tell particulars of events; story-telling; garrulous.
(n.) That which is narrated; the recital of a story; a continuous account of the particulars of an event or transaction; a story.
Editor: Sharon
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Narration, relation, tale, account, recital, rehearsal, description, story, history, chronicle.
Checker: Scott
Examples
- In a narrative not intended to be strictly technical, it would probably tire the reader to follow this material in detail through the numerous steps attending the magnetic separation. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- I announced on beginning it that this narrative would be a remarkable document. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The End of Mr. Gilmore's Narrative. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Sherlock Holmes listened with the deepest attention to this singular narrative. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- He can only repeat the instructions which he had the honour of giving her when she began her narrative. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I have lifted it for a moment, even in this narrative, with a reluctant hand, and dropped it gladly. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- IV The course of this narrative, steadily flowing on, bears me away from the morning-time of our married life, and carries me forward to the end. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The narrative called up the most revengeful passions of the time, and there was not a head in the nation but must have dropped before it. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- SEVENTH NARRATIVE In a Letter from Mr. CANDY Frizinghall, Wednesday, September 26th, 1849. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I left my narrative in the quiet shadow of Limmeridge church--I resume it, one week later, in the stir and turmoil of a London street. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The names of yet other associates occur from time to time in this narrative--Edison men who have been very proud of their close relationship to the inventor and his work at old Menlo. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- As a sample story of adventure, Mr. McGowan's narrative is a marvel fit to be classed with the historic journeyings of the greatest travellers. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- I am forbidden to tell more in this narrative than I knew myself at the time. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Such was Mr. Franklin's narrative of events at Frizinghall. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- THE NARRATIVE OF THE TOMBSTONE Sacred to the Memory of Laura, Lady Glyde, wife of Sir Percival Glyde, Bart. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Is a man in my state of nervous wretchedness capable of writing narratives? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- SECOND PERIOD THE DISCOVERY OF THE TRUTH (1848-1849) The events related in several narratives. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- If he closely imitates the narratives which he has before rendered successful, he is doomed to wonder that they please no more. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- THE STORY CONTINUED IN SEVERAL NARRATIVES 1. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Whether their narratives were true or false did not seriously affect the political or social life of Hellas. Plato. The Republic.
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