Synonyms for narrate
ˈnær eɪt, næˈreɪtnar·rate

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1. narrateverb

   To relate a story or series of events by speech or writing.

   Synonyms:
   tell

2. narrateverb

   To give an account.

   Synonyms:
   report

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1. narrate

   Synonyms:
   recite, tell, report, detail, relate, rehearse, recount

   Antonyms:
   suppress, conceal, blink, misreport, misrepresent, misrelate, misstate

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1. narrateverb

   provide commentary for a film, for example

   Synonyms:
   recite, tell, recount

2. tell, narrate, recount, reciteverb

   narrate or give a detailed account of

   "Tell what happened"; "The father told a story to his child"

   Synonyms:
   distinguish, recite, itemise, differentiate, say, recount, tell, state, evidence, retell, assure, itemize, severalise, declaim, enjoin, severalize, secernate, secern, tell apart, separate, order, enumerate

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1. • Inform

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1. narrateverb

   Synonyms:
   relate, recite, recount, rehearse, tell, detail, describe, give an account of

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1. narrateverb

   Synonyms:
   recount, recite, tell about, relate

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How to use narrate in a sentence?

1. Omaid Sharifi:

   Everyone has a right to narrate their story. Some of these stories will highlight and reveal human rights abuses and some will offer hope and solidarity.

2. D. H. Lawrence:

   Myth is an attempt to narrate a whole human experience, of which the purpose is too deep, going too deep in the blood and soul, for mental explanation or description.

3. Elisha Abbo:

   I am not here to narrate my side of the story, i am here to apologize to Nigerians for insulting their sensibilities.

4. Di Martino:

   I approach architecture in the same way. I am interested in how man is placed in this design, even though I photograph these buildings without people, they are not there, but I still like to narrate their story.

5. Hailey Baldwin in Sept. 2018:

   The reason why I've become so vocal about the trials and tribulations of my life is because people were already going to narrate that for me, i wasn't going to have a choice because of how fast everything moves now. Most of the time, yes, it's not true, or it's an embellished version of what the truth is. I want to be able to tell my story the way that I want to tell it.