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
Frank Quirarte, piloting his new Yamaha WaveRunner, narrated a play-by-play for his Instagram live feed.
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Julia Prodis Sulek, Mercury News, 13 Sep. 2025
Mosley will narrate the author’s note to the novel, and Michael Boatman will narrate the novel itself.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 12 Sep. 2025
About the life and legacy of Nobel Prize-winning scientist Phil Sharp, the doc is narrated by Mark Ruffalo.
—Addie Morfoot, Variety, 12 Sep. 2025
The Italian component comes from the text-to-speech voice that narrates the videos.
—Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 10 Sep. 2025
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Julia Prodis Sulek, Mercury News, 13 Sep. 2025
Mosley will narrate the author’s note to the novel, and Michael Boatman will narrate the novel itself.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 12 Sep. 2025
About the life and legacy of Nobel Prize-winning scientist Phil Sharp, the doc is narrated by Mark Ruffalo.
—Addie Morfoot, Variety, 12 Sep. 2025
The Italian component comes from the text-to-speech voice that narrates the videos.
—Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 10 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for narrate
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Trump described how Kirk would ask him to fly across the country to appear at his events with little notice.—
Fortune,
Fortune,
22 Sep. 2025
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This article describes attempted suicide.—
ProPublica,
ProPublica,
22 Sep. 2025
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An allied assertion is that if AI generates foul code, tell the AI to get its act together and fix the darned stuff.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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Carlson asked the state’s environmental agency about the protocol for discontinuing treatment and was told to keep the state posted.—
Anna Clark,
ProPublica,
18 Sep. 2025
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In this book, Harris exposed her vulnerability by sharing stories about how the campaign affected her family, the emotions behind certifying her election results, and recounting her internal thoughts throughout the campaign.—
Sydney Topf,
The Washington Examiner,
23 Sep. 2025
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Scheppele recounted how the Hungarian leader exploited the fact that the newspapers were heavily dependent on government advertising.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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Casey Mauro, who participated in the Dateline NBC program as a young adult in the mid-2000s, discusses her time on the show in the new documentary Predators, which chronicles the history and impact of To Catch a Predator.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
20 Sep. 2025
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Hulu’s The Dropout chronicled Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos, Apple TV+’s WeCrashed dramatized Adam Neumann and WeWork, while older films put the lives of Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg on screen.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
20 Sep. 2025
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It is not known whether the two incidents are related.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
PEOPLE,
23 Sep. 2025
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By 2023, the number of people who died from heat or heat-related causes had risen to 645.—
Shaun McKinnon,
AZCentral.com,
23 Sep. 2025
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“Narrate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/narrate. Accessed 24 Sep. 2025.
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