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nar⋅ra⋅tion

  [na-rey-shuhn]
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–noun
1. something narrated; an account, story, or narrative.
2. the act or process of narrating.
3. a recital of events, esp. in chronological order, as the story narrated in a poem or the exposition in a drama.
4. Rhetoric. (in classical speech) the third part, the exposition of the question.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME < L narrātiōn- (s. of narrātiō), equiv. to narrāt(us) (see narrate ) + -iōn- -ion

Related forms:
nar⋅ra⋅tion⋅al, adjective
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nar·ra·tion   (nā-rā'shən)   
n.  

  1. The act, process, or an instance of narrating.

  2. Narrated material.

nar·ra'tion·al adj., nar·ra'tion·al·ly adv.
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Cultural Dictionary

narration

The recounting of an event or series of events; the act of telling a story.

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Word Origin & History

narration 
1432, from O.Fr. narration "a relating, recounting, narrating," from L. narrationem (nom. narratio), from narrare "to tell, relate, recount, explain," lit. "to make acquainted with," from gnarus "knowing," from PIE suffixed zero-grade *gne-ro-, from base *gno- "to know" (see know). Narrate is first recorded 1656, but was stigmatized as Scot. and not in general use until 19c.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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