Narration

Pronunciation

• US IPA: /næˈreɪʃən/, næˈreɪ̯ʃɪ̈n
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Origin

Latin narrātiō.

Full definition of narration

Noun

1. The act of recounting or relating in order the particulars of some action, occurrence, or affair; a narrating.
2. That which is narrated or recounted; an orderly recital of the details and particulars of some transaction or event, or of a series of transactions or events; a story or narrative.
3. (rhetoric) That part of an oration in which the speaker makes his or her statement of facts.

Related terms

• narrate
• narrative
• narrator