narrative

B1 Topic:Literature & Storytelling

US /ˈnæɹətɪv/ UK /ˈnæɹətɪv/ See IPA manual

Freq #13685

Meanings

1

noun
A story or an account of connected events.

The film tells its narrative through a series of flashbacks.
2

noun
A way of presenting events that promotes a particular point of view.

The campaign tried to control the narrative around the scandal.
3

adj
Telling a story; relating to the telling of a story.

She studied narrative poetry at university.

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Synonyms

1 noun · a story or an account of... story tale narration

Word family

Forms narratives

Derived forms antenarrativeantinarrativecounternarrativecybernarrativegeonarrativeludonarrativemetanarrativemicronarrativemultinarrativenarrativelessnarrativelynarrativise

Related forms narrate narration narrator

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Scots narrative, nerrative, from Middle French narratif, from Latin narrātīvus, from narrō (“to narrate”).

*ǵneh₃- Proto-Indo-European narratif Middle French narrātīvus Latin

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Topics

Literature & Storytelling General Vocabulary

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# narrative

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** noun, adj
**IPA (US):** /ˈnæɹətɪv/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈnæɹətɪv/
**Frequency rank:** 13685

## Meanings
1. A story or an account of connected events.
2. A way of presenting events that promotes a particular point of view.
3. Telling a story; relating to the telling of a story.

## Examples
- The film tells its narrative through a series of flashbacks.
- The campaign tried to control the narrative around the scandal.
- She studied narrative poetry at university.

## Derived Forms
- antenarrative
- antinarrative
- counternarrative
- cybernarrative
- geonarrative
- ludonarrative
- metanarrative
- micronarrative
- multinarrative
- narrativeless
- narratively
- narrativise

## Related Forms
- narrate
- narration
- narrator

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *ǵneh₃-
- Root: narratif
- Root: narrātīvus

## Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Scots narrative, nerrative, from Middle French narratif, from Latin narrātīvus, from narrō (“to narrate”).

## AI Etymology
Narrative was borrowed from Middle Scots narrative, nerrative, from Middle French narratif, from Latin narrātīvus, from narrō (“to narrate”). In present-day English its meanings include a story or an account of connected events, a way of presenting events that promotes a particular point of view, and telling a story; relating to the telling of a story. The historical chain runs through *ǵneh₃- (Proto-Indo-European), narratif (Middle French), and narrātīvus (Latin). Related and derived forms include narrate, narration, narrator, and antenarrative.

## Topics
- Literature & Storytelling
- General Vocabulary

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