how to pronounce narrative

/ˈnæɹətɪv/

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narrative is pronounced in three syllables

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video examples of narrative pronunciation

An example use of narrative in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… by showing in a narrative way how he …”

meaning of narrative

Narrative means a story or account of events.

narrative frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word narrative occurs in english on average 28.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics narrative can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that narrative can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;