narrate

[nar-eyt, na-reyt] /ˈnær eɪt, næˈreɪt/
verb (used with object), narrated, narrating.
1.
to give an account or tell the story of (events, experiences, etc.).
2.
to add a spoken commentary to (a film, television program, etc.):
to narrate a slide show.
verb (used without object), narrated, narrating.
3.
to relate or recount events, experiences, etc., in speech or writing.
Origin
1650-60; < Latin narrātus (past participle of narrāre to relate, tell, say), equivalent to nār(us) knowing, acquainted with (variant of gnārus; see cognition) + -ātus -ate1
Related forms
narratable, adjective
narrator, narrater
[nar-ey-ter, na-rey-, nar-uh-] /ˈnær eɪ tər, næˈreɪ-, ˈnær ə-/ (Show IPA), noun
misnarrate, verb, misnarrated, misnarrating.
unnarratable, adjective
unnarrated, adjective
well-narrated, adjective
Synonyms
1. detail, recite. See describe.
Examples from the web for narrate
  • The campers narrate the series, revealing their anecdotes and feelings.
  • Or to the seething anger that those stories narrate.
  • Also, it sports myriad manual controls, along with a microphone so you can narrate images as you shoot them.
  • Nothing can be more conclusive upon this point than the facts they narrate.
  • Make them part of a soundtrack they can narrate rather than the object of a photograph.
  • My father still likes to talk about the time he tried to narrate a company film.
  • Park rangers narrate four privately owned boat cruises.
  • Audience members can capitalize on the central idea of a meaning set in attempting to co-narrate and to comment.
  • Only a minority of participants did not narrate positive changes and remained distressed over their relationship to their parents.
  • These puppets narrate the videotaped scenes and give information about key concepts.
British Dictionary definitions for narrate

narrate

/nəˈreɪt/
verb
1.
to tell (a story); relate
2.
to speak in accompaniment of (a film, television programme, etc)
Derived Forms
narratable, adjective
Word Origin
C17: from Latin narrāre to recount, from gnārus knowing
Word Origin and History for narrate
v.

1748, back-formation from narration or else from Latin narratus, past participle of narrare "to tell, relate, recount" (see narration). "Richardson and Johnson call it Scottish" [OED], a stigma which kept it from general use until 19c. A few mid-17c. instances are traceable to Spanish narrar. Related: Narrated; narrating.