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noun
2.
the act or process of narrating.
3.
a recital of events, especially 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.
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Word Origin & History
narration
early 15c., 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).
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narration definition
The recounting of an event or series of events; the act of telling a story.
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