narrative

Borrowed from Middle French narratif.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈnæɹətɪv/
• (US, Mary–marry–merry distinction) IPA^(key): /ˈnæɹətɪv/
• (US, Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA^(key): /ˈnɛɹətɪv/

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• Hyphenation: nar‧ra‧tive

narrative (comparative more narrative, superlative most narrative)

1. Telling a story.
2. Overly talkative; garrulous.
   • (Can we date this quote?) Alexander Pope

     But wise through time, and narrative with age.

3. Of or relating to narration.

   the narrative thrust of a film

narrative (countable and uncountable, plural narratives)

1. The systematic recitation of an event or series of events.
2. That which is narrated.
3. A representation of an event or story.
   • 2014 October 21, Oliver Brown, “Oscar Pistorius jailed for five years – sport afforded no protection against his tragic fallibilities: Bladerunner's punishment for killing Reeva Steenkamp is but a frippery when set against the burden that her bereft parents, June and Barry, must carry [print version: No room for sentimentality in this tragedy, 13 September 2014, p. S22]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Sport)‎:

     Yes, there were instances of grandstanding and obsessive behaviour, but many were concealed at the time to help protect an aggressively peddled narrative of [Oscar] Pistorius the paragon, the emblem, the trailblazer.

(Can we add an example for this sense?)

• antenarrative
• antinarrative
• metanarrative
• narrative hook

• narrate
• narration
• narrator

• veratrina

narrative

1. feminine singular of narratif

• IPA^(key): [nar.raˈt̪iː.ve], /narraˈtive/

narrative f pl

1. Feminine plural of adjective narrativo.

narrative f pl

1. plural of narrativa

• antiverrà, arrivante, interrava, rientrava