English noun: narrative |
1. | narrative (communication) 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 |
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| Samples | His narrative was interesting. Disney's stories entertain adults as well as children.
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| Synonyms | narration, story, tale |
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| Broader (hypernym) | content, message, subject matter, substance |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | fairy story, fairy tale, fairytale, folk tale, folktale, nursery rhyme, sob story, sob stuff, tall tale, tearjerker |
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| Instance hyponym | Canterbury Tales |
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