narration
noun
Simple meaning
An orderly recital of the details and particulars of some transaction or event, or of a series of transactions or events.
Pronunciation
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IPA pronunciation (US)
nɛˈɹeɪʃən
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
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Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
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.
The act of recounting or relating in order the particulars of some action, occurrence, or affair; a narrating.
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
rhetoric
The second section of an oration in which the facts are set forth
rhetoric
That part of an oration in which the speaker makes his or her statement of facts.
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- B2 · Upper Intermediate (estimated)
- Frequency
- Uncommon
- Typical Use
- Primarily written
Word Aura™
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This meaning: 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.
Used this way, narration is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It turns up most in literature or storytelling contexts.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Where it naturally appears
- Literature/storytelling
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Related Words
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- narratornoun
- viewernoun
- documentarynoun
- narrativenoun
- storynoun
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