B1nounartsmedia
US/ˈner.ə.tɪv/
UK/ˈnær.ə.tɪv/
a story or a description of events; also the way a story is told
In context
The novel's narrative moves between Hanoi in 1945 and the present day.
Each student wrote a short personal narrative about a difficult moment.
The media created a narrative that the young player was lazy.
Words that go with narrative
adjective + noun
- personal narrativeHer book is a personal narrative of life as a refugee.
- historical narrativeThe museum tells a clear historical narrative.
- first-person narrativeThe story is a first-person narrative.
noun + noun
- narrative structureThe film has an unusual narrative structure.
noun + preposition
- narrative ofThe diary gives a moving narrative of the war years.
verb + noun
- control the narrativePoliticians try to control the narrative on social media.