Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

narrative present

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.32 in modern English

Syllables
nar-ra-tive p-re-sent
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The historical present tense.

Uncountable

Usage

Questions

What does narrative present mean?
The historical present tense.

How to pronounce narrative present

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