narrates

verb

present tense third-person singular of narrate
as in describes
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 narrates In addition to making guest appearances as Meredith, Pompeo also narrates the show and serves as an executive producer. — Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 18 July 2026 Barring its creation, the tapestry, which narrates a moment in English history that forever changed the country’s language, culture, and legal system, had not been back in the UK until this month, underscoring the historic nature of the loan. — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 17 July 2026 Pharrell Williams, creative director of menswear at Louis Vuitton, narrates the short film directed by Oliver Hadlee Pearch. — Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 9 July 2026 Unlike the 1960 film, where Mizuno narrates his own tragedy, Yeon and Katayama’s new Vapor is an object of mystery and dread rather than the story’s protagonist. — Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 6 July 2026 Elle narrates her Harvard submission video while wearing multiple bikinis. — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 29 June 2026 Ariana Madix serves as host while Iain Stirling narrates. — Arushi Jacob, Variety, 26 June 2026 For example, the Life of Saint Æthelwold is a tenth-century biography that narrates the holy life of an English bishop. — Literary Hub, 25 June 2026 There are guest turns from Leona Lewis and Lila Iké, while Black Panther actor Letitia Wright narrates. — Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 25 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for narrates
  1. describes
  2. tells
  3. recounts
  4. chronicles
  5. relates
Verb
  • Menelaus describes how the men, stacked on top of each other amid stiflingly hot conditions, also had to urinate and defecate on one another.
    — David Mack, CNN Money, 18 July 2026
  • In the interview, Artem describes the planning and execution of the assault, while the accompanying video features footage of the operation.
    — Vikram Mittal, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
Definition of describes
Verb
  • The historical data tells us that workplace promotions and outcomes have not been evenly distributed.
    — Doug Melville, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
  • Etched onto each of the bands is a series of letters and numbers that, if it’s captured again, tells the next researcher where this bird has been.
    — Mack Baysinger Follow, Los Angeles Times, 22 July 2026
Definition of tells
Verb
  • Even Flynn, a high school history teacher whose curriculum recounts the cyclical nature of wars and revolutions, needed to believe in that possibility of a reprieve, despite reiterating death’s inevitability in the classroom.
    — Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 15 July 2026
  • The report recounts detainees saying that guards beat detainees in response to hunger strikes, requests for medical attention and complaints regarding detention conditions.
    — Michael Biesecker, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026
Definition of recounts
Verb
  • In the 2016 movie Jackie, which chronicles the immediate aftermath of JFK’s assassination, Bobby bemoans to Jackie that their legacy has been wasted with Jack’s death.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 July 2026
  • Directed by Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman — the latter being Nev’s brother — the film chronicles Nev’s investigation into the relationship.
    — Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 15 July 2026
Definition of chronicles
Verb
  • Eisman relates that Elon Musk plans to make money from ventures that only exit in the fictional world.
    — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 24 June 2026
  • But by then, Rockmount’s shirts were iconic, Weil relates in his third book about Western apparel and Rockmount.
    — Sandra Dallas, Denver Post, 8 June 2026
Definition of relates

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