Definition of NARRATION

narration

Plural: narrations

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
  • the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events
    • "his narration was hesitant"
  • (rhetoric) the second section of an oration in which the facts are set forth
  • The act of recounting or relating in order the particulars of some action, occurrence, or affair; a narrating.
  • 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.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle French narration, from Old French narracion, from Latin narrātiō.

Scrabble Score: 9

narration: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
narration: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
narration: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 11

narration: valid Words With Friends Word