All 9 Uses
narrate
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Billy Budd
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- It was not very long prior to the time of the narration that follows that he had entered the King's Service, having been impressed on the Narrow Seas from a homeward-bound English merchantman into a seventy-four outward-bound, H.M.S. Indomitable; which ship, as was not unusual in those hurried days, having been obliged to put to sea short of her proper complement of men.†
Chpt 1narration = the act, process, or instance of telling a story
- And yet his mention is less a narration than a reference, having to do hardly at all with details.†
Chpt 3 *
- Not many days after the last incident narrated, something befell Billy Budd that more gravelled him than aught that had previously occurred.†
Chpt 14narrated = told (a story)
- After the mysterious interview in the fore-chains—the one so abruptly ended there by Billy—nothing especially german to the story occurred until the events now about to be narrated.†
Chpt 18
- That the unhappy event which has been narrated could not have happened at a worse juncture was but too true.†
Chpt 21
- Concisely he narrated all that had led up to the catastrophe, omitting nothing in Claggart's accusation and deposing as to the manner in which the prisoner had received it.†
Chpt 21
- Of a series of incidents within a brief term rapidly following each other, the adequate narration may take up a term less brief, especially if explanation or comment here and there seem requisite to the better understanding of such incidents.†
Chpt 23narration = the act, process, or instance of telling a story
- The symmetry of form attainable in pure fiction can not so readily be achieved in a narration essentially having less to do with fable than with fact.†
Chpt 28
- Truth uncompromisingly told will always have its ragged edges; hence the conclusion of such a narration is apt to be less finished than an architectural finial.†
Chpt 28
Definitions:
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(1)
(narrate) to tell a story-possibly as the main voice in a documentary; or a character who speaks to the audience in a performanceThe specific meaning of narrate depends on context. For example:
- "She narrated her story with tears in her eyes." -- told a story
- "Her diary chillingly narrates her descent into madness." -- tells a story in writing
- "Morgan Freeman narrated the documentary which features historic news reports and interviews." -- was the voice that tells a story while tying the scenes of a documentary together
- "The character who plays the Stage Director in Our Town also narrates for the audience." -- when an actor in a play, movie, or other performance helps to tell the story by talking directly to the audience (breaking the imaginary barrier between the performers and the audience)
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)