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Narrative Very Common

Origin: Latin suffix -ive

Narrative has 4 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Adjective

Definitions
Noun
1

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

"his narrative was interesting"

"Disney's stories entertain adults as well as children"

2

The systematic recitation of an event or series of events.

"The historian delivered a captivating narrative of the battle, systematically recounting every tactical maneuver from dawn until dusk."

"The teacher asked each student to share their personal narrative about growing up in the city."

Usage: Use narrative to describe any structured account, whether it is a fictional story told by an author or the factual sequence of events in news reporting. Avoid confusing this with "narration," which refers specifically to the act of telling rather than the resulting text itself.

Adjective
1

consisting of or characterized by the telling of a story

"narrative poetry"

2

Telling a story.

"The teacher asked each student to share their personal narrative about growing up in the city."

Example Sentences
"The teacher asked each student to share their personal narrative about growing up in the city." noun
"The narrative of his life changed completely after he moved to the city." noun
"She wrote a short narrative about her childhood summers in the country." noun
"His confusing narrative made it hard for anyone to follow the story." noun
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
message
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
tearjerker tall tale folktale sob story fairytale nursery rhyme

Origin

The word entered English via the path of Middle Scots and Middle French before arriving in its current form. It ultimately traces back to a Latin root meaning "to tell" or "narrate."

Rhyming Words
vive zive give yive jive wive tive rive five bive dive live hive skive blive shive alive snive chive swive
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