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narrate

verb [T]
 
 
/nəˈreɪt/ /ˈnær.eɪt/

Definition

to tell a story, often by reading aloud from a text, or to describe events as they happen: Documentaries are often narrated by well-known actors. One by one the witnesses narrated the sequence of events which led up to the disaster.ReadingDescribing and telling stories
(Definition of narrate verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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