NARRATION


Meaning of NARRATION in English

— narrational , adj.

/na ray"sheuhn/ , n.

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. Rhet. (in classical speech) the third part, the exposition of the question.

[ 1400-50; late ME narration- (s. of narratio ), equiv. to narrat ( us ) (see NARRATE) + -ion- -ION ]

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