narration

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun 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
noun the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events
noun (rhetoric) the second section of an oration in which the facts are set forth

From Middle French narration, from Old French narracion, from Latin narrātiō. By surface analysis, Latin narr- + -ate + -ion.

PLACE OF THE NARRATION: Phlius. — Phaedo, Plato
But to return to my narration. — The Adventures of Roderick Random, T. (Tobias) Smollett
Was the narration otherwise unaltered by modifications? — Ulysses, James Joyce

narrative, story, tale

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