narration

noun

nar·​ra·​tion na-ˈrā-shən 

nə-

1

: the act or process or an instance of narrating

2

: story, narrative

narrational

na-ˈrā-sh(ə-)nəl 

nə-

adjective

Synonyms

• account
• chronicle
• chronology
• commentary
• commentaries
• history
• narrative
• record
• report
• story

Examples of narration in a Sentence

The novel uses first-person narration.

They got a famous actor to do the narration for the documentary.

an actor who does narrations for documentaries

Recent Examples on the Web

The musical revue will honor composers and lyricists including George and Ira Gershwin, Irving Berlin, Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein, Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim and Stephen Schwartz through performances and narration. —La Jolla Light, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 June 2025

The full trailer, featuring narration from rivals Bertha and Agnes in turns, promises plenty of the high-low-stakes drama The Gilded Age is famous for. —Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 22 June 2025

These readers might start a book on an e-reader and then continue it on the go, via audio narration. —Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 17 June 2025

Visuals were created with tools like Google Veo and Luma’s Dream Machine, and incorporated into a more conventional documentary format featuring expert commentary and voiceover narration. —Charlie Fink, Forbes.com, 16 June 2025

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for narration

• ablation
• bination
• carnation
• cassation
• castration
• causation
• centration
• cessation
• cetacean
• chelation
• citation
• collation

Kids Definition

narration

noun

nar·​ra·​tion na-ˈrā-shən 

nə-

1

: the act or process or an instance of telling a story

2

: story entry 1 sense 1a, narrative

narrational

-shnəl 

-shən-ᵊl

adjective