as in to describe
to give an oral or written account of in some detail
got a CD of the best-selling children's story that happened to be narrated by the author herself
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Recent Examples of narrate
Amazon’s Kindle featured a read-aloud function that could narrate any eBook in its synthetic voice.
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Adam Verner
september 3, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
Underwood, 61, will narrate the 73-year-old musician's forthcoming memoir Truly for the audiobook version, HarperOne announced in a press release.
—Rachel Raposas, People.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Peppered throughout the film are sections narrated by the eldest daughter Lesly, recounting the animals and dangers the kids encountered during their long period stranded in the forest.
—Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 1 Sep. 2025
Walking among the plants, Roberts and his partner, Jim Adkinson, narrate the story of a plant that is both agricultural commodity and cultural icon.
—Kim Westerman, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
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Adam Verner
september 3, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
Underwood, 61, will narrate the 73-year-old musician's forthcoming memoir Truly for the audiobook version, HarperOne announced in a press release.
—Rachel Raposas, People.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Peppered throughout the film are sections narrated by the eldest daughter Lesly, recounting the animals and dangers the kids encountered during their long period stranded in the forest.
—Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 1 Sep. 2025
Walking among the plants, Roberts and his partner, Jim Adkinson, narrate the story of a plant that is both agricultural commodity and cultural icon.
—Kim Westerman, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for narrate
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But the shift may be broader, as newsrooms both describe a cultural shift and, at least in some cases, embody it.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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The panel studying those cases released a report last year describing how the state child welfare agency missed warning signs and failed to protect dozens of children from dying of the illicit drug.—
Laura Bauer,
Kansas City Star,
7 Sep. 2025
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The cause of the accident was not immediately known, although the car appeared to have derailed, which a source from the Lisbon Firefighters Regiment told local media may have been caused by a loose cable leading to brake failure.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
4 Sep. 2025
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Figma added four new AI-native tools to its platform this quarter and told investors on the call to expect significant investments in AI going forward.—
Allie Garfinkle,
Fortune,
4 Sep. 2025
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The moment came when an audience member named Billy, a former NBC sales employee, recounted meeting O’Brien at a 1993 cocktail party on the top floor of 30 Rock.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
8 Sep. 2025
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Jacir recounts how unexpected events carried on into post-production, which was mainly done in the UK.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
8 Sep. 2025
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Acutis chronicled 164 such events from all over the world in his digital database.—
Lauren Costantino
September 6,
Miami Herald,
6 Sep. 2025
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The film also chronicles her feud with Anthony Bourdain, who died by suicide in 2018.—
Joey Nolfi,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 Sep. 2025
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Second quarter 2025 billings registered a 3% quarter-over-quarter expansion supported by the leading-edge logic, advanced high bandwidth memory (HBM) related DRAM applications, as well as increase in shipments to Asia.—
Thomas Coughlin,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Schauffele's decision wasn't injury-related.—
Devlina Sarkar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Narrate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/narrate. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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