narrative account

collocation in English

meaningsofnarrativeandaccount

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narrative
adjective
uk
/ˈnær.ə.tɪv/us
/ˈner.ə.t̬ɪv/
telling a story or describing a series ...
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account
noun
uk
/əˈkaʊnt/us
/əˈkaʊnt/
an arrangement with a bank to keep your money there and to allow you to take it out when you ...
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(Definition ofnarrativeandaccountfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofnarrative account

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He is offering anarrativeaccountabout similarities.
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It favours prose writing and uses a chronologicalnarrativeaccount.
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This way, thenarrativeaccountprovided by us is a meta-narrative.
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It is presented not as argumentation but as anarrativeaccount.
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It provides a compellingnarrativeaccountof how crucial social phenomena like the justice system operate.
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Similarly, this inability to voluntarily recollect most of the episode would explain victims' occasional inability to provide a coherentnarrativeaccountof the event.
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Although hers is anarrativeaccount, there have been some fundamental changes to women's lives, including her own, that are distinctive from men's lives.
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Below this are nine figures which have been interpreted as anarrativeaccountof a battle.
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Thenarrativeaccountwas called gripping, given in the most graphic and authentic detail.
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The aim is efficient, impersonal transmission of the essentials, rather than anarrativeaccountof the steps along the way.
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Frames are often found within anarrativeaccountof an issue or event, and are generally the central organizing idea.
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Given the information contained in the capatain'snarrativeaccountand his formal report of proceedings, it had not been necessary to consult the control room log for this purpose.
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Yet, as virtually no strictly contemporarynarrativeaccountof the events of thelred's reign exists, historians are forced to rely on what evidence there is.
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In the book, the author traces her family's history, giving anarrativeaccountof members from both sides of the ocean.
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