/ ˈnærətɪv; NAmE / noun ( formal )
1.
[ C ] a description of events, especially in a novel
SYN story :
a gripping narrative of their journey up the Amazon
2.
[ U ] the act, process or skill of telling a story :
The novel contains too much dialogue and not enough narrative.
► nar·ra·tive adjective [ only before noun ]:
narrative fiction
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WORD ORIGIN
late Middle English (as an adjective): from French narratif , -ive , from late Latin narrativus telling a story, from the verb narrare (from gnarus knowing).