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narrate v. relate, tell, recount, report, give an account (of), recite,
rehearse, repeat, review, unfold, chronicle, describe, detail,
reveal, retail: She narrated a bone-chilling story of intrigue
and murder. Please narrate the events leading up to your finding
the body, Mrs Easton.
narration n. 1 telling, relating, unfolding, recounting, chronicling,
recording, describing; report, recital, recitation, rehearsal,
relation, chronicle, description, portrayal, detailing,
revelation, story, tale, narrative: His narration was
accompanied by nervous gestures. Her narration disagrees with
her husband's in certain essential respects. 2 reading,
voice-over: The narration did not seem to be coordinated with
the pictures on the screen.
narrative n. 1 story, tale, chronicle, description, revelation,
portrayal, account, report, record, history, recital, statement:
The characterizations were poor, but the narrative was
fascinating.
--adj. 2 storytelling, chronicling, anecdotal: One of her
long, narrative poems has been published in a collection.
narrator n. reporter, storyteller, raconteur, taleteller, teller of
tales, anecdotist or anecdotalist, relator, annalist,
chronicler, describer, author; voice-over: We sat spellbound
waiting for the narrator to continue.
narrow adj. 1 constricted, slender, slim, thin, restricted,
straitened, attenuated, narrowed; narrowing, tapering: We
squeezed through the narrow passage to freedom. 2 confined,
confining, limited, cramped, close, meagre, pinched, tight,
incommodious: I awoke in a cell so narrow I could scarcely
move. 3 strict, careful, close, precise, exact, exacting,
demanding, finicky, finical, sharp, meticulous, scrupulous,
fussy, rigid, searching, critical: The suspected forgeries were
submitted to the narrow scrutiny of several experts. 4
restricted, limited, circumscribed, proscribed, denotative: I
learnt the meaning of charity in its narrowest sense. 5 See
narrow-minded, below. 6 close, hairbreadth, lucky: I'd had a
very narrow escape, for the bullet just grazed my scalp. 7
stingy, niggardly, parsimonious, miserly, tight, sparing,