narrate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb provide commentary for a film, for example
  2. verb narrate or give a detailed account of
    recite; tell; recount.
    • Tell what happened
    • The father told a story to his child

WordNet


Nar*rate" transitive verb
Etymology
L. narratus, p. p. of narrare to narrate, prob. for gnarigare, fr. gnarus knowing. See Ignore, Know.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Narrated; present participle & verbal noun Narrating
Definitions
  1. To tell, rehearse, or recite, as a story; to relate the particulars of; to go through with in detail, as an incident or transaction; to give an account of. Syn. -- To relate; recount; detail; describe.

Webster 1913