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- pronunciation:
- nae
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- features:
- Word Parts
| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
narrates, narrating, narrated |
| definition 1: |
to tell the tale or give an account of; relate.
Frederick Douglass narrates the events of his life in a famous book.I'm not part of the action of the play, but I narrate the story for the audience.- synonyms:
- describe, relate, report
- similar words:
- detail, portray, recite, rehearse, repeat, review, spin, tell
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| definition 2: |
to make comments or tell things about (a show or other thing that an audience watches) as it goes along.
This actor narrates a lot of nature programs on TV. |
| related words: |
describe, report |
| derivation: |
narratable (adj.) |
The word narrate
contains the following parts:
narr
Latin
root
that means tell, give an account of
  Example words:
-ate1
Latin
verb-forming suffix
that means to make, cause, do
More about this word part:
The suffix -ate
primarily forms transitive verbs from Latin bases. Many -ate
verbs were loanwords from Latin. Verbs ending in -ate
combine with the suffix -ion to form nouns ending in -ation. These verbs also have corresponding agent nouns ending in -ator (navigator, dictator, elevator).
Example words:
abbreviate, abdicate, accelerate, accommodate, accumulate, activate, adequate, administrator, advocate, affiliate, aggravate, agitate, alternate, animate, annihilate, assimilate, associate, circulate, collaborate, commemorate, complicate, concentrate, congregate, consecrate, cooperate, coordinate, dedicate, dehydrate, deliberate, dictate, disintegrate, dislocate, domesticate, dominate, donate, duplicate, educate, elaborate, elevate, emigrate, enunciate, eradicate, evacuate, exasperate, generate, graduate, illuminate, illustrate, incorporate, interrogate, irrigate, liberate, locate, narrate, navigate, nominate, operate, originate, participate, populate, radiate, regulate, rotate, segregate, terminate
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