- 1narrate something (formal) to tell a story synonym relate She entertained them by narrating her adventures in Africa. The story is narrated in flashback. Wordfinderplotdialogue, ending, flashback, plot, narrate, scenario, scene, storyline, tension, twist
- 2narrate something to speak the words that form the text of a documentary film or programme The film was narrated by Andrew Sachs. See related entries: Film plots Word Originmid 17th cent.: from Latin narrat- ‘related, told’, from the verb narrare (from gnarus ‘knowing’).
narrate
verbBrE BrE//nəˈreɪt//; NAmE NAmE//nəˈreɪt//, also NAmE//ˈnæreɪt//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they narrate BrE BrE//nəˈreɪt//; NAmE NAmE//nəˈreɪt//, also NAmE//ˈnæreɪt//
he / she / it narrates BrE BrE//nəˈreɪts//; NAmE NAmE//nəˈreɪts//, NAmE//ˈnæreɪts//
past simple narrated BrE BrE//nəˈreɪtɪd//; NAmE NAmE//nəˈreɪtɪd//, NAmE//ˈnæreɪtɪd//
past participle narrated BrE BrE//nəˈreɪtɪd//; NAmE NAmE//nəˈreɪtɪd//, NAmE//ˈnæreɪtɪd//
-ing form narrating BrE BrE//nəˈreɪtɪŋ//; NAmE NAmE//nəˈreɪtɪŋ//, NAmE//ˈnæreɪtɪŋ//
Film plotsCheck pronunciation: narrate
