narrative

Definition

Telling a story.

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Scots narrative, nerrative, from Middle French narratif, from Latin narrātīvus, from narrō (“to narrate”).

Example Sentences

• "But wise through time, and narrative with age."
• "the narrative thrust of a film"
• "There is a deep divide in our species. On one side, the narrators: those who are indeed intensely narrative, self-storying, Homeric, in their sense of life and self, whether they look to the past or the future."