Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to narrate
Participle: narrated
Gerund: narrating
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | narrate |
| you | narrate |
| he;she;it | narrates |
| we | narrate |
| you | narrate |
| they | narrate |
Perfect
| I | have narrated |
| you | have narrated |
| he;she;it | has narrated |
| we | have narrated |
| you | have narrated |
| they | have narrated |
Past
| I | narrated |
| you | narrated |
| he;she;it | narrated |
| we | narrated |
| you | narrated |
| they | narrated |
Pluperfect
| I | had narrated |
| you | had narrated |
| he;she;it | had narrated |
| we | had narrated |
| you | had narrated |
| they | had narrated |
Future
| I | will narrate |
| you | will narrate |
| he;she;it | will narrate |
| we | will narrate |
| you | will narrate |
| they | will narrate |
Future Perfect
| I | will have narrated |
| you | will have narrated |
| he;she;it | will have narrated |
| we | will have narrated |
| you | will have narrated |
| they | will have narrated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | narrate |
| you | narrate |
| he;she;it | narrate |
| we | narrate |
| you | narrate |
| they | narrate |
Perfect
| I | have narrated |
| you | have narrated |
| he;she;it | have narrated |
| we | have narrated |
| you | have narrated |
| they | have narrated |
Imperfect
| I | narrated |
| you | narrated |
| he;she;it | narrated |
| we | narrated |
| you | narrated |
| they | narrated |
Pluperfect
| I | had narrated |
| you | had narrated |
| he;she;it | had narrated |
| we | had narrated |
| you | had narrated |
| they | had narrated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would narrate |
| you | would narrate |
| he;she;it | would narrate |
| we | would narrate |
| you | would narrate |
| they | would narrate |
Perfect
| I | would have narrated |
| you | would have narrated |
| he;she;it | would have narrated |
| we | would have narrated |
| you | would have narrated |
| they | would have narrated |
Imperative
| you | narrate |
| we | Let's narrate |
| you | narrate |
Verbs conjugated like 'narrate'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'narrate'
aerate,
barrage,
garrote,
harrage,
inaurate,
latrate,
nitrate,
renarrate,
sacrate,
serrate,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- describe
- spin, detail, enumerate, recite, recount
- disclose
- reveal
Antonyms
- describe
- misrepresent, confound, confuse, distort
- disclose
- withhold, hide, mask, cover
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
In English (recorded only since 1656, but until the 19th century stigmatized as 'Scottish') apparently from narration.
Sample Sentences
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[...] dodgers, muffins, and other species too numerous to mention, was a sublime mystery to all less practised compounders; and she would shake her fat sides with honest pride and merriment, as she would narrate the fruitless efforts that one and another of her compeers had made to attain to her elevation.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] only a very dexterous thief, but was notorious for his boldness and hardihood, and for the number of his previous convictions. He entertained us with a long account of his achievements, which he narrated with such infinite relish, that he actually seemed to lick his lips as he told us racy anecdotes of stolen plate, and of old ladies whom he had watched as they sat at windows in silver spectacles [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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Those who have been familiar with the religious histories of the slave population know that relations like what we have narrated are very common among them. We have heard some from their own lips, of a very touching and affecting character. The psychologist tells us of a state, in which the affections and images of the mind [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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Then shout it out. Do the same, but take such a subtitle, - that as if you are narrating that there are still beans.
(Spede)