| NOUN | communication | narration, narrative, story, tale | a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events |
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| communication | narration, recital, yarn | the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events | |
| communication | narration | (rhetoric) the second section of an oration in which the facts are set forth |
| Sounds | nehrey'shahn | |
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| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | A message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program. | |
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| Synonyms | narrative, story, tale | |
| Instances | Canterbury Tales | An uncompleted series of tales written after 1387 by Geoffrey Chaucer |
| Narrower | fairytale, fairy tale, fairy story | A story about fairies |
| folktale, folk tale | A tale circulated by word of mouth among the common folk | |
| nursery rhyme | A tale in rhymed verse for children | |
| sob story, sob stuff | A sentimental story (or drama) of personal distress | |
| tall tale | An improbable (unusual or incredible or fanciful) story | |
| tearjerker | An excessively sentimental narrative | |
| Broader | message, content, subject matter, substance | What a communication that is about something is about |
| Spanish | narración, narrativa, relato | |
| Catalan | narrativa | |
| Verbs | narrate | narrate or give a detailed account of |
| narrate | provide commentary for a film, for example | |
| Meaning | The act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events. | |
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| Example | "his narration was hesitant" | |
| Synonyms | recital, yarn | |
| Parts | body | The central message of a communication |
| conclusion, end, close, closing, ending | The last section of a communication | |
| introduction | The first section of a communication | |
| Narrower | relation, telling, recounting | An act of narration |
| Broader | report, account | The act of informing by verbal / verbal / verbal report |
| Spanish | cuento, historia, narración, relato | |
| Catalan | conte, història, narració, relat | |
| Verbs | narrate | narrate or give a detailed account of |
| narrate | provide commentary for a film, for example | |
| Meaning | (rhetoric) the second section of an oration in which the facts are set forth. | |
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| Category | rhetoric | study of the technique and rules for using language effectively (especially in public speaking) |
| Broader | section, subdivision | A self-contained part of a larger / larger composition / composition (written or musical) |
| Verbs | narrate | narrate or give a detailed account of |
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