From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishnarrativenar‧ra‧tive /ˈnærətɪv/ ●○○ noun formal 1 [countable]TELL a description of events in a story, especially in a novel At several points in the narrative the two stories cross.2 [uncountable]TELL the process or skill of telling a story —narrative adjective a narrative poem narrative structure
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narrative• A narrative as a unit is a narrative sequencing which allows the listening to infer temporal order.• Using family and friends as models, the painter composes narratives about birth and death, life and religion.• A fully formed narrative realises all six categories, although many narratives may lack one or more components.• The plot, a dense swirl of memory and intermingled narratives, works like a spell.• And if the figures' location is often nebulous, so are the suggested narratives gripping these people.• If the narrative is to be presented relatively rapidly, then brevity must be a feature of the style expected.• I ask myself what happened next and if it is significant to the narrative.• As the two narratives progress, the connections become evident. 