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# narration

noun (narration, uncountable; a narration)

«narration» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. The telling of a story, especially by a narrator. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/narration/#m1)
2. The spoken words that explain what is happening in a film, show or play. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/narration/#m2)
3. In grammar, narration means reporting what someone said without using their exact words. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/narration/#m3)

### In the lessons

In English lessons pupils learn first-person narration (I, we) and third-person narration (he, she, they). Documentaries have a narration.

### Examples

- The story is told in first-person narration. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/narration/#x1)
- Who does the narration in the nature film? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/narration/#x2)
- Her narration was clear and lively. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/narration/#x3)
- The play had narration between the scenes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/narration/#x4)
- Alice in Wonderland uses third-person narration. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/narration/#x5)
- Record your narration over the slides. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/narration/#x6)
- I have given him a name, and changed the narration into the oblique narration, and toned down the dialect. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/narration/#x7)

### Note

Narrate = tell; narrator = the teller; narrative = the story.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «narration» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/narration/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«narration» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/narration.html) on Mova free.