narration

narration
n
1. account, story, tale, sketch; description, portrayal; record, report, summary.
2. fable, myth, legend, saga, epic; history, chronicle, annals, journal; diary, memoir, biography, autobiography, life; adventures, confessions, letters.
3. telling, recounting, relation, rehearsal, recitation, reading; script, background text, (in film) voice-over.
4. novel, romance, tall tale. See narrative(defs.1, 2).
5. clear, obvious, apparent, perceptible, perceivable; plainly revealed, plain to see, plain; evident, self-evident, manifest, palpable, patent, visible, in plain view, in plain sight, seeable, observable, unveiled, uncloaked, conspicuous; definite, certain, unmistakable, ostensible, undeniable, unqualified, unmitigated; sheer, glaring, flagrant, arrant, blatant, baldfaced.
6. simple, basic, essential, fundamental, basal, elementary, primary, Inf. gut; underlying, intrinsic, innate, inherent; nitty-gritty, vital, Inf. bare-bones, out-and-out.
7. uncorrupted, undefiled, natural, pure, simon-pure; unadorned, unembellished, uncolored, Inf. flying its true colors, true-blue; unalloyed, unmixed, unadulterated, unexaggerated.
8. blunt, outspoken, plain-spoken, direct, overt, candid, frank; straightforward, forthright, downright, matter-of-fact.

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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 [nəˈreɪʆn 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 — I noun account, chronicle, delineation, depiction, depictment, description, descriptive account, discourse, disquisition, expositio, exposition, iteration, narratio, narrative, portrayal, recapitulation, recital, recitation, recountal, recounting …   Law dictionary

  • 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

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