narrationn.

Brit.

/nəˈreɪʃn/, U.S.

/nɛˈreɪʃ(ə)n/

Forms: late Middle English narracioun, late Middle English–1500s narracion, late Middle English–1500s narracyon, 1500s– narration; Scottish pre-1700 nairatioune, pre-1700 naratioun, pre-1700 narracion, pre-1700 narratioun, pre-1700 narratioune, pre-1700 nerracione, pre-1700 nerratioun, pre-1700 1700s– narration.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French narracion, narration; Latin narrātiōn-, narrātiō.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman narracion, narracioun and Middle French narration (early 13th cent. in Old French) and their etymon classical Latin narrātiōn-, narrātiō a narrative, story, tale, (rhetoric) that part of a speech which sets out the facts of a case, in post-classical Latin also a statement of claim in pleading (frequently c1120–1564 in British sources) < narrāt- , past participial stem of narrāre narrate v. + -iō -ion suffix¹. Compare -ation suffix.

a. A thing narrated or recounted; a story, an account; = narrative n. 2a.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > narration > [noun]

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retailment1832

the mind > language > speech > narration > [noun] > a narrative or account

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récit1915

narrative line1953

society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > [noun]

spellc888

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monogatari1876

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diegesis1973

c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 89 (MED) Manye..kunnen bi textis and by narraciouns and parabolis and lijknessis preche ful gloriosely into plesaunce of the peple.

1482 Monk of Evesham 65 Let vs turne ageyne thys narracyon to thoes thynges the whyche we haue lefte oute.

1528 Rede me & be nott Wrothe sig. ev Olde wyves tales..Which they call holy narracions.

1576 A. Fleming tr. C. Plinius Novocomensis in Panoplie Epist. 255 Vppon vrgent necessitie, wee must..leuen our Orations with historical narrations.

1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia Ep. Ded. 2 Your Gratious hand..hath given birth to the publication of this Narration.

1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ iii. i. §1 A Divine revelation then must be faithful and true in all its narrations.

1710 R. Steele Tatler No. 20. ⁋1 The following Narration is a sufficient Testimony of the Truth of this Observation.

1770 T. Percy tr. P. H. Mallet Northern Antiq. I. iii. 51 That kind of narrations, in which truth is designedly blended with fable.

1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature II. 214 It is a narration suited to the capacity of the people.

1867 All Year Round 13 July 56/2 Narrations of adventures met with on previous tramps..serve to shorten the road.

1902 W. James Varieties Relig. Experience iv. 46 The way to success, as vouchsafed for by innumerable personal narrations, is by an anti-moralistic method.

1994 P. Theroux Translating LA viii. 151 We..made a text for her to study by having her dictate one-page narrations of her father's condition.

b. The action or an act of narrating or recounting something; the fact of being narrated. Formerly esp. in †to make narration.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > [noun] > narration or story-telling

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yarn-spinning1867

narrativity1971

c1450 tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Lyfe Manhode (Cambr.) (1869) 189 (MED) Tribulacioun made me thus hire narracioun [Fr. narration].

1481 W. Caxton tr. Myrrour of Worlde iii. xix. 176 It behoueth ouer longe narracion that of alle them wolde descryue the gretenes.

1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure (1845) xxiv. 108 Fantasy, and estymacyon truely, And memory, as I make narracyon, Eche upon other hath occupacyon.

1573 G. Harvey Let.-bk. (1884) 44 The short time I have wil scars suffice to make a simple and bare narration of things.

1635 T. Heywood Hierarchie Blessed Angells v. 292 Of which Absurds, I'le make no more narration.

1697 J. Dryden Ded. Æneis in tr. Virgil Wks. sig. a1^v Narration, doubtless, preceded Acting, and gave Laws to it.

1792 H. H. Brackenridge Mod. Chivalry (1937) I. vi. iii.132 The observations which we make when the narration of the fact is ended.

1823 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto XIV vii. 118 This narrative is not meant for narration, But a mere airy and fantastic basis.

1844 M. R. Mitford in A. G. L'Estrange Life M. R. Mitford (1870) III. x. 189 Mr. Dickens wants the earnest good-faith in narration which makes Balzac so enchanting.

1870 J. R. Lowell My Study Windows (1871) 191 [Dante] the great master of laconic narration.

1915 W. S. Maugham Of Human Bondage lxxiii. 377 He..had amused her often with the narration of some adventure which Griffiths under the seal of secrecy had imparted to him.

1991 Amer. Speech 66 243 Only recently has the use of non-standard English become acceptable as a mode of narration.

c. Film and Television. Spoken commentary on film or television; a voice-over.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > broadcasting > television > [noun] > background voice of narrator

narration1933

voice-over1947

talk-over1976

1933 Variety 15 Aug. 14/2 The print is good and scenes are blended into continuity, through the narration of Ruysdael.

1944 Public Opinion Q. 8 221 The beautifully photographed Swedes in America with narration by Ingrid Bergman.

1964 Listener 16 Apr. 629/1 The BBC..trying to find a way of avoiding naturalistic dialogue by the use of images with ‘voice over’ narration.

1989 Cineaste Sept. 16/3 The presentation..combined silent film footage and hand-colored slides..with a melodramatic narration.

2001 Independent (Electronic ed.) 13 Sept. David Attenborough's narration offered the statistic that the oceans contain 97 per cent of the world's inhabitable space.

†2.

a. Rhetoric. The part of an oration in which the facts of the matter were stated. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > speech-making > [noun] > a speech > introductory speech or part of speech > part in which facts are stated

narration1509

1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure (1845) x. 34 Dysposicion, the true seconde parte Of rethorike, doth evermore dyrecte The maters..As from a fayre parfit narracion.

1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique i. f. 4 The narracion is a plain and manifest poynctyng of the matter, and an euident settyng furthe of all thynges, that belong vnto thesame.

1612 J. Brinsley Ludus Lit. xiii. 180 In their Narration, to the end that the Auditors may fully vnderstand the matter.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) The Narration, according to the Writers of Rhetoric, makes the second part of a just Speech, or Harangue; viz. that immediately following the Exordium.

1840 Penny Cycl. XVI. 468/2 Under disposition the various parts of an oration are discussed, viz. the exordium, narration [etc.].

b. Scots Law. An allegation on which a plea was based. Cf. narrative n. 1b. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > statement > assertion or affirmation > [noun] > an assertion, affirmation, or positive declaration

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1554 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1871) II. 195 The said supplicatioun..being red in presens of the saidis prouest and baillies..quhilkis jugis..fand the narratioun foirsaid of verite.

1564 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 307 Undirstanding the narratioun of the said supplicatioun to be trew.

c1650 J. Row & J. Row Hist. Kirk Scotl. (1842) 95 John Durie made a large narration how and for what he had bene processed before the King and his Councill.

c. The story related in a poem; the narrative part of a poem; a narrative passage in a play, etc. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > a play > [noun] > other parts of play

narration1586

coup de théâtre1747

tableau1808

sparagmos1949

parabasis1952

society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > part of poem > [noun] > passage > narrative part

narration1586

1586 W. Webbe tr. Horace in Disc. Eng. Poetrie sig. K.i^v The proposition or narration let it not be far fetched or vnlikely.

1668 J. Dryden Of Dramatick Poesie 32 Not that I commend narrations in general, but there are two sorts of them; one of those things which are antecedent to the Play [etc.].

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) In the Drama, the Narration is the whole of the Piece; in the Epopea, 'tis only a Part, tho' in effect it is the principal Part, and the Body of the Poem.

1783 H. Blair Lect. Rhetoric II. xlii. 425 In the narration of the Poet..it is not material, whether he relate the whole story in his own character, or introduce some of his personages to relate any part of the action.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	narration
释义	narrationn. Brit. /nəˈreɪʃn/, U.S. /nɛˈreɪʃ(ə)n/ Forms: late Middle English narracioun, late Middle English–1500s narracion, late Middle English–1500s narracyon, 1500s– narration; Scottish pre-1700 nairatioune, pre-1700 naratioun, pre-1700 narracion, pre-1700 narratioun, pre-1700 narratioune, pre-1700 nerracione, pre-1700 nerratioun, pre-1700 1700s– narration. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French narracion, narration; Latin narrātiōn-, narrātiō. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman narracion, narracioun and Middle French narration (early 13th cent. in Old French) and their etymon classical Latin narrātiōn-, narrātiō a narrative, story, tale, (rhetoric) that part of a speech which sets out the facts of a case, in post-classical Latin also a statement of claim in pleading (frequently c1120–1564 in British sources) < narrāt- , past participial stem of narrāre narrate v. + -iō -ion suffix¹. Compare -ation suffix. 1. a. A thing narrated or recounted; a story, an account; = narrative n. 2a. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > narration > [noun] spellc888 talec1000 telling?c1225 relationc1390 fablec1400 collationc1430 deliverance1431 narrationc1449 exposition1460 recounting1485 deducing1530 recital1565 delivery1592 reporting1603 retailing1609 recountmenta1616 narrative1748 narrating1802 deducement1820 recountal1825 retailment1832 the mind > language > speech > narration > [noun] > a narrative or account talec1200 historyc1230 sawc1320 tellinga1325 treatisec1374 chroniclec1380 process?1387 legendc1390 prosec1390 pistlec1395 treatc1400 relationc1425 rehearsal?a1439 report?a1439 narrationc1449 recorda1450 count1477 redec1480 story1489 recount1490 deductiona1532 repetition1533 narrative1539 discourse1546 account1561 recital1561 enarrative1575 legendary1577 enarration1592 recite1594 repeat1609 texture1611 recitation1614 rendera1616 prospect1625 recitement1646 tell1743 diegesis1829 récit1915 narrative line1953 society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > [noun] spellc888 talea1060 book-spellc1275 pistlec1400 treatyc1400 narrationc1449 story1489 reportory1534 narrative1566 reportary1594 monogatari1876 récit1915 diegesis1973 c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 89 (MED) Manye..kunnen bi textis and by narraciouns and parabolis and lijknessis preche ful gloriosely into plesaunce of the peple. 1482 Monk of Evesham 65 Let vs turne ageyne thys narracyon to thoes thynges the whyche we haue lefte oute. 1528 Rede me & be nott Wrothe sig. ev Olde wyves tales..Which they call holy narracions. 1576 A. Fleming tr. C. Plinius Novocomensis in Panoplie Epist. 255 Vppon vrgent necessitie, wee must..leuen our Orations with historical narrations. 1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia Ep. Ded. 2 Your Gratious hand..hath given birth to the publication of this Narration. 1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ iii. i. §1 A Divine revelation then must be faithful and true in all its narrations. 1710 R. Steele Tatler No. 20. ⁋1 The following Narration is a sufficient Testimony of the Truth of this Observation. 1770 T. Percy tr. P. H. Mallet Northern Antiq. I. iii. 51 That kind of narrations, in which truth is designedly blended with fable. 1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature II. 214 It is a narration suited to the capacity of the people. 1867 All Year Round 13 July 56/2 Narrations of adventures met with on previous tramps..serve to shorten the road. 1902 W. James Varieties Relig. Experience iv. 46 The way to success, as vouchsafed for by innumerable personal narrations, is by an anti-moralistic method. 1994 P. Theroux Translating LA viii. 151 We..made a text for her to study by having her dictate one-page narrations of her father's condition. b. The action or an act of narrating or recounting something; the fact of being narrated. Formerly esp. in †to make narration. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > [noun] > narration or story-telling taling1382 storyingc1449 narrationc1450 tale-telling1556 storytelling1681 narrative1843 yarn-spinning1867 narrativity1971 c1450 tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Lyfe Manhode (Cambr.) (1869) 189 (MED) Tribulacioun made me thus hire narracioun [Fr. narration]. 1481 W. Caxton tr. Myrrour of Worlde iii. xix. 176 It behoueth ouer longe narracion that of alle them wolde descryue the gretenes. 1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure (1845) xxiv. 108 Fantasy, and estymacyon truely, And memory, as I make narracyon, Eche upon other hath occupacyon. 1573 G. Harvey Let.-bk. (1884) 44 The short time I have wil scars suffice to make a simple and bare narration of things. 1635 T. Heywood Hierarchie Blessed Angells v. 292 Of which Absurds, I'le make no more narration. 1697 J. Dryden Ded. Æneis in tr. Virgil Wks. sig. a1^v Narration, doubtless, preceded Acting, and gave Laws to it. 1792 H. H. Brackenridge Mod. Chivalry (1937) I. vi. iii.132 The observations which we make when the narration of the fact is ended. 1823 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto XIV vii. 118 This narrative is not meant for narration, But a mere airy and fantastic basis. 1844 M. R. Mitford in A. G. L'Estrange Life M. R. Mitford (1870) III. x. 189 Mr. Dickens wants the earnest good-faith in narration which makes Balzac so enchanting. 1870 J. R. Lowell My Study Windows (1871) 191 [Dante] the great master of laconic narration. 1915 W. S. Maugham Of Human Bondage lxxiii. 377 He..had amused her often with the narration of some adventure which Griffiths under the seal of secrecy had imparted to him. 1991 Amer. Speech 66 243 Only recently has the use of non-standard English become acceptable as a mode of narration. c. Film and Television. Spoken commentary on film or television; a voice-over. ΘΚΠ society > communication > broadcasting > television > [noun] > background voice of narrator narration1933 voice-over1947 talk-over1976 1933 Variety 15 Aug. 14/2 The print is good and scenes are blended into continuity, through the narration of Ruysdael. 1944 Public Opinion Q. 8 221 The beautifully photographed Swedes in America with narration by Ingrid Bergman. 1964 Listener 16 Apr. 629/1 The BBC..trying to find a way of avoiding naturalistic dialogue by the use of images with ‘voice over’ narration. 1989 Cineaste Sept. 16/3 The presentation..combined silent film footage and hand-colored slides..with a melodramatic narration. 2001 Independent (Electronic ed.) 13 Sept. David Attenborough's narration offered the statistic that the oceans contain 97 per cent of the world's inhabitable space. †2. a. Rhetoric. The part of an oration in which the facts of the matter were stated. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > speech-making > [noun] > a speech > introductory speech or part of speech > part in which facts are stated narration1509 1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure (1845) x. 34 Dysposicion, the true seconde parte Of rethorike, doth evermore dyrecte The maters..As from a fayre parfit narracion. 1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique i. f. 4 The narracion is a plain and manifest poynctyng of the matter, and an euident settyng furthe of all thynges, that belong vnto thesame. 1612 J. Brinsley Ludus Lit. xiii. 180 In their Narration, to the end that the Auditors may fully vnderstand the matter. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) The Narration, according to the Writers of Rhetoric, makes the second part of a just Speech, or Harangue; viz. that immediately following the Exordium. 1840 Penny Cycl. XVI. 468/2 Under disposition the various parts of an oration are discussed, viz. the exordium, narration [etc.]. b. Scots Law. An allegation on which a plea was based. Cf. narrative n. 1b. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > assertion or affirmation > [noun] > an assertion, affirmation, or positive declaration protestationc1390 affirmationa1425 affirmativec1450 edipolc1450 protestc1460 assertion1531 asseveration1551 narration1554 asseverance1574 protesting1582 pol1600 vouch1610 vouchee1625 averment1659 1554 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1871) II. 195 The said supplicatioun..being red in presens of the saidis prouest and baillies..quhilkis jugis..fand the narratioun foirsaid of verite. 1564 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 307 Undirstanding the narratioun of the said supplicatioun to be trew. c1650 J. Row & J. Row Hist. Kirk Scotl. (1842) 95 John Durie made a large narration how and for what he had bene processed before the King and his Councill. c. The story related in a poem; the narrative part of a poem; a narrative passage in a play, etc. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > a play > [noun] > other parts of play narration1586 coup de théâtre1747 tableau1808 sparagmos1949 parabasis1952 society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > part of poem > [noun] > passage > narrative part narration1586 1586 W. Webbe tr. Horace in Disc. Eng. Poetrie sig. K.i^v The proposition or narration let it not be far fetched or vnlikely. 1668 J. Dryden Of Dramatick Poesie 32 Not that I commend narrations in general, but there are two sorts of them; one of those things which are antecedent to the Play [etc.]. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) In the Drama, the Narration is the whole of the Piece; in the Epopea, 'tis only a Part, tho' in effect it is the principal Part, and the Body of the Poem. 1783 H. Blair Lect. Rhetoric II. xlii. 425 In the narration of the Poet..it is not material, whether he relate the whole story in his own character, or introduce some of his personages to relate any part of the action. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1449
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