narrative
Telling a story.
Adjective 3 meanings
Telling a story.
Overly talkative; garrulous.
Of or relating to narration.
“the narrative thrust of a film”
Noun 4 meanings
The systematic recitation of an event or series of events.
That which is narrated.
A representation of an event or story in a way to promote a certain point of view.
“changing, controlling the narrative”
A manner of conveying a story, fictional or otherwise, in a body of work.
“The plot is full of holes, but the narrative is extremely compelling.”
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Scots narrative, nerrative, from Middle French narratif, from Latin narrātīvus, from narrō (“to narrate”). By surface analysis, Latin narr- + -ate + -ive.
NARRATIVE at a glance
NARRATIVE has 9 letters and scores 12 points in Scrabble (N 1 + A 1 + R 1 + R 1 + A 1 + T 1 + I 1 + V 4 + E 1) and 14 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #3,636 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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