narrative

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. A narrated account; a story.
2. n. The art, technique, or process of narrating.
3. adj. Consisting of or characterized by the telling of a story: narrative poetry.
4. adj. Of or relating to narration: narrative skill.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. Of or pertaining to narration or the act of relating the details of a transaction or an event: as, narrative skill.
2. Given to narration or the telling of stories and the recounting of incidents and events.
3. n. That which is narrated; a connected account of the particulars of an event or transaction, or series of incidents; a relation or narration; a story.
4. n. The art of narrating or recounting in detail: as, he is very skilful in narrative.
5. n. Synonyms Account, Relation, Narrative, etc. See account.

Wiktionary

1. adj. Telling a story.
2. adj. Being overly talkative; garrulous.
3. n. The systematic recitation of an event or series of events.
4. n. That which is narrated.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. adj. Of or pertaining to narration; relating to the particulars of an event or transaction.
2. adj. Apt or inclined to relate stories, or to tell particulars of events; story-telling; garrulous.
3. n. That which is narrated; the recital of a story; a continuous account of the particulars of an event or transaction; a story.

WordNet 3.0

1. adj. consisting of or characterized by the telling of a story
2. n. a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program