narrate
pronunciation
How to pronounce narrate in British English:
UK [nəˈreɪt]
How to pronounce narrate in American English:
US [nəˈreɪt]
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- Verb:
- provide commentary for a film, for example
- narrate or give a detailed account of
Word Origin
- narrate
- narrate: [17] To narrate something is etymologically to ‘make it known’. The word comes from Latin narrāre ‘give an account of’, which was derived from gnārus ‘knowing’ and is hence related to English ignore, recognize, and, distantly, know. English acquired the derived noun narration [15] considerably earlier than the verb (which was widely condemned in the 18th century for its inelegance), and it could be that narrate represents a back-formation from narration rather than a new introduction directly from the Latin verb.=> ignore, know, recognize
- narrate (v.)
- 1748, back-formation from narration or else from Latin narratus, past participle of narrare "to tell, relate, recount" (see narration). "Richardson and Johnson call it Scottish" [OED], a stigma which kept it from general use until 19c. A few mid-17c. instances are traceable to Spanish narrar. Related: Narrated; narrating.
Example
- 1. Many of london 's streets help narrate british history .
- 2. Or narrate a moment in which she was unaware that you were watching her .
- 3. Tell a story that only the two of you know . Or narrate a moment in which she was unaware that you were watching her .
- 4. In this piece of land full of imagination he begins to narrate to dig the history in depth to extend the vast rural .
- 5. He knew his vicious antihero , alex , would narrate , and that he would do so in an argot or idiolect the world had never heard before ( he eventually settled on a blend of russian , romany and rhyming slang ) .