"narration" meaning in English

See narration in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /nəˈreɪʃən/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-narration.wav [UK] Forms: narration [singular], narrations [plural]
Etymology: narrate + -tion Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|narrate|tion}} narrate + -tion Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. Narration is the act of telling a story or describing events.
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  2. A narration is the spoken or written words used to tell a story or explain something.
    Sense id: simple-narration-en-noun-YIBQL0x5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms suffixed with -tion
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