Hypertext Webster Gateway: "narration"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Narration \Nar*ra"tion\, n. [L. narratio: cf. F. narration.]
1. The act of telling or relating the particulars of an
event; rehearsal; recital.
2. That which is related; the relation in words or writing of
the particulars of any transaction or event, or of any
series of transactions or events; story; history.
3. (Rhet.) That part of a discourse which recites the time,
manner, or consequences of an action, or simply states the
facts connected with the subject.
Syn: Account; recital; rehearsal; relation; description;
explanation; detail; narrative; story; tale; history.
See {Account}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
narration
n : an account describing incidents or events; "a farfetched
narrative"; "after dinner he told the children stories of
his adventures" [syn: {narrative}, {story}, {tale}, {recital},
{yarn}]
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