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narration

noun
/nəˈɹeɪ.ʃən/UK/ˌnæɹˈeɪ.ʃən/US/nəˈɹæɪ.ʃən/

Etymology

From Middle French narration, from Old French narracion, from Latin narrātiō. By surface analysis, Latin narr- + -ate + -ion.

  1. derived from narrātiō
  2. derived from narracion
  3. derived from narration

Definitions

  1. The act of recounting or relating in order the particulars of some action, occurrence, or…

    The act of recounting or relating in order the particulars of some action, occurrence, or affair; a narrating.

    • The film used voice-over narration to explain the story.
    • His calm narration made the documentary easy to follow.
    • The novel contains a first-person narration.

  2. That which is narrated or recounted

    That which is narrated or recounted; an orderly recital of the details and particulars of some transaction or event, or of a series of transactions or events; a story or narrative.

  3. That part of an oration in which the speaker makes his or her statement of facts.

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Derived

metanarration, misnarration, narrational, oblique narration, renarration

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at narration. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at narration. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at narration

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA