[nar-eyt, na-reyt] 
verb, -rat⋅ed, -rat⋅ing.| 1. | to give an account or tell the story of (events, experiences, etc.). |
| 2. | to add a spoken commentary to (a film, television program, etc.): to narrate a slide show. |
| 3. | to relate or recount events, experiences, etc., in speech or writing. |
| nar·rate (nār'āt', nā-rāt') v. nar·rat·ed, nar·rat·ing, nar·rates v. tr.
[Latin narrāre, narrāt-, from gnārus, knowing; see gnō- in Indo-European roots.] nar'rat·a·bil'i·ty n., nar'rat·a·ble adj., nar'ra'tor, nar'rat'er n. |
A person who tells a story; in literature, the voice that an author takes on to tell a story. This voice can have a personality quite different from the author's. For example, in his story “The Tell-Tale Heart,” Edgar Allan Poe makes his narrator a raving lunatic.
narrator
one who tells a story. In a work of fiction the narrator determines the story's point of view. If the narrator is a full participant in the story's action, the narrative is said to be in the first person. A story told by a narrator who is not a character in the story is a third-person narrative.
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