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- pronunciation:
- nae
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- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
narrates, narrating, narrated |
| definition 1: |
to tell the tale or give an account of; relate.
Frederick Douglass narrates the events of his life in a famous book.I'm not part of the action of the play, but I narrate the story for the audience.- synonyms:
- describe, relate, report
- similar words:
- detail, portray, recite, rehearse, repeat, review, spin, tell
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| definition 2: |
to make comments or tell things about (a show or other thing that an audience watches) as it goes along.
This actor narrates a lot of nature programs on TV. |
| related words: |
describe, report |
(v.)narrate
+ adverb
alike, fully
(v.)narrate
+ noun
actor,
adventure,
architecture,
arrival,
autobiography,
celebrity,
chapter,
cruise,
detail,
discovery,
documentary,
evolution,
excerpt,
experience,
film,
history,
incident,
journey,
miracle,
monologue,
narrative,
origin,
past,
presentation,
pronoun,
scene,
script,
segment,
self,
show,
slide,
story,
stroke,
struggle,
tale,
tense,
tour,
tragedy,
version
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| derivation: |
narratable (adj.) |
The word narrate
contains the following parts:
narr
Latin
root
that means tell, give an account of
  Example words:
-ate1
Latin
verb-forming suffix
that means to make, cause, do
More about this word part:
The suffix -ate
primarily forms transitive verbs from Latin bases. Many -ate
verbs were loanwords from Latin. Verbs ending in -ate
combine with the suffix -ion to form nouns ending in -ation. These verbs also have corresponding agent nouns ending in -ator (navigator, dictator, elevator).
Example words:
abbreviate, abdicate, accelerate, accommodate, accumulate, activate, adequate, administrator, advocate, affiliate, aggravate, agitate, alternate, animate, annihilate, assimilate, associate, circulate, collaborate, commemorate, complicate, concentrate, congregate, consecrate, cooperate, coordinate, dedicate, dehydrate, deliberate, dictate, disintegrate, dislocate, domesticate, dominate, donate, duplicate, educate, elaborate, elevate, emigrate, enunciate, eradicate, evacuate, exasperate, generate, graduate, illuminate, illustrate, incorporate, interrogate, irrigate, liberate, locate, narrate, navigate, nominate, operate, originate, participate, populate, radiate, regulate, rotate, segregate, terminate
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