1.
[syn: narrative, narration, story, tale]
ADJECTIVE (1)
1. consisting of or characterized by the telling of a story;
- Example: "narrative poetry"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Narrative \Nar"ra*tive\, n.
That which is narrated; the recital of a story; a continuous
account of the particulars of an event or transaction; a
story.
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Cyntio was much taken with my narrative. --Tatler.
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Syn: Account; recital; rehearsal; relation; narration; story;
tale. See Account.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Narrative \Nar"ra*tive\, a. [Cf. F. narratif.]
1. Of or pertaining to narration; relating to the particulars
of an event or transaction.
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2. Apt or inclined to relate stories, or to tell particulars
of events; story-telling; garrulous.
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But wise through time, and narrative with age.
--Pope.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
narrative
adj 1: consisting of or characterized by the telling of a story;
"narrative poetry"
n 1: a message that tells the particulars of an act or
occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or
drama or cinema or as a radio or television program; "his
narrative was interesting"; "Disney's stories entertain
adults as well as children" [syn: narrative, narration,
story, tale]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
63 Moby Thesaurus words for "narrative":
Alcaic, Anacreontic, Castalian, Homeric, Hudibrastic, Pierian,
Pindaric, Theocritean, account, anecdotage, anecdotal, anecdote,
anecdotic, bardic, bucolic, chronicle, chronicling, description,
didactic, dithyrambic, dramatic, eclogic, elegiac, epic, epos,
heroic, history, idyllic, mock-heroic, narration, narrational,
pastoral, poetic, poetico-mystical, poetico-mythological,
poetico-philosophic, poetlike, portrayal, recital, record,
recountal, recounting, rehearsal, relation, report, retelling,
revelation, review, rhapsodic, runic, saga, sapphic, skaldic,
statement, storied, storified, story, tale, tale-telling, telling,
version, yarn, yarn spinning