Other forms: narrated, narrates, narrating
To narrate is to tell a story aloud from beginning to end. Narrate the film, narrated by an actor, narrate the events.
In broadcasting it means providing the voice over pictures, and the choice of narrator shapes how an audience reads what it sees. Note narrator, narrative; and that the Latin narrare is related to gnarus, knowing — so to narrate is to make something known.
1verbnarrateTo tell a story aloud from beginning to end.
“An actor with a warm, deep voice narrates the whole audiobook.”
narrate is a telling.
Latin narrare, to tell, is related to gnarus, knowing. Know and can come from a related root.
Proto-Indo-European
*ǵneh₃-
English, today
narrate
In English (recorded only since 1656, but until the 19th century stigmatized as 'Scottish') apparently from narration.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA