Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: narration
IPA transcription: [nɛɹ'eɪʃən]
Pronunciations of narration
*0
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: narration
    Meaning: (rhetoric) the second section of an oration in which the facts are set forth
  • Synonyms: narration, recital, yarn
    Meaning: the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events; "his narration was hesitant"
  • Synonyms: narrative, narration, story, tale
    Meaning: 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; "his narrative was interesting"; "Disney's stories entertain adults as well as children"
Usage examples
  • This narration renders the unflagging energy shown by her son in his mathematical wrestlings less surprising.
  • Her narration is this: The last summer a person, just at twilight, stopped at the door of the late Mrs. Rugg.
  • All flowery descriptions have been omitted, as it seemed that a simple, concise narration of events as they actually occurred, was more in keeping with the life, and that which came into it.
  • Leaving her and Oliver to compare notes at leisure, Mr. Brownlow led the way into another room; and there, heard from Rose a full narration of her interview with Nancy, which occasioned him no little surprise and perplexity.
  • Such incidents brought out in narration the fact that many of the men working with him had been less fortunate, particularly those who had experimented with the Roentgen X-ray, whose ravages, like those of leprosy, were responsible for the mutilation and death of at least one expert assistant.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Audio description, License CC BY-SA 4.0