narration

  • 1narration — [ narasjɔ̃ ] n. f. • 1190; lat. narratio 1 ♦ Exposé écrit et détaillé d une suite de faits, dans une forme littéraire. ⇒ récit; exposé, relation. Les récits de famille « se gravent plus fortement dans la mémoire que les narrations écrites »… …

    Encyclopédie Universelle

  • 2narration — Narration. subst. fem. v. Narré, recit. Belle narration. narration simple, naive, sans ornement. narration pompeuse, magnifique, eloquente. narration historique. narration oratoire. narration poëtique. le fil de la narration. la narration est la… …

    Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • 3narration — et recit, Narratio. Une narration partie et divisée par personnages, où un chacun parle son tour, Narratio distincta personis, et interpuncta sermonibus. Narration coupée, Praecisa narratio. Narration qui n a rien de superflu, Pressa narratio …

    Thresor de la langue françoyse

  • 4narration — ar*ra tion, n. [L. narratio: cf. F. narration.] 1. The act of telling or relating the particulars of an event; a recital of certain events, usually in chronological order; rehearsal. [1913 Webster] 2. That which is related; the relation in words… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 5narration — nar‧ra‧tion [nəˈreɪʆn ǁ næ , nə ] also nar‧ra‧tive [ˈnærətɪv] noun [countable] ACCOUNTING a note explaining the reason for an entry in an account * * * narration UK US /nəˈreɪʃən/ US  /næˈreɪʃən/ noun [C] (also narrative) ACC …

    Financial and business terms

  • 6Narration — (lat.), Erzählung; narrativ, erzählend; narrabel, erzählbar …

    Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • 7narration — I noun account, chronicle, delineation, depiction, depictment, description, descriptive account, discourse, disquisition, expositio, exposition, iteration, narratio, narrative, portrayal, recapitulation, recital, recitation, recountal, recounting …

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  • 8Narration — (latin), fortælling …

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  • 9narration — (n.) early 15c., from O.Fr. narracion account, statement, a relating, recounting, narrating, narrative tale, and directly from L. narrationem (nom. narratio) a relating, narrative, noun of action from pp. stem of narrare to tell, relate, recount …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 10narration — [n] description, reading account, anecdote, explanation, narrative, recital, recountal, recounting, rehearsal, relation, report, story, storytelling, tale, telling, voiceover*, yarn*; concepts 55,72,282 Ant. concealment, suppression …

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