Narration

Narration

Noun · /næˈreɪ.ʃən/

Definition

The action or process of narrating a story or account; the narrated content itself; in literature and film, the voice or perspective through which a story is told.

Origin

From Latin narratio (a narrative, an account), from narrare (to tell, relate), from gnarus (knowing, acquainted with), from Proto-Indo-European *gneh₃- (to know). The root being the same as know, recognise, and can (to be able, knowing how). Narration therefore etymologically meaning the act of making known what one knows. The -tion suffix converting the Latin verb into an abstract noun of action.