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Meanings of tale in English

Portuguese
história
Catalan
història
Spanish
historia
Wikidata

A trivial lie.

história
Russian
сказка
Catalan
conte
Spanish
cuento
Wikidata

Prose fiction that can be either rooted in oral tradition or created by an author.

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сказка
Portuguese
história
Catalan
narrativa
Spanish
narración

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.

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história
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Examples for "narrative"
Examples for "narrative"
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I shall not continue in detail my narrative of this particular night.
In a glass darkly
2
Politically, the result was that the government lost control of the narrative.
Radio NZ
3
Design: A narrative synthesis of peer-reviewed studies published after the year 2000.
Pubmed
4
The narrative pivots on the point where power and potential disaster meet.
The Irish Times
5
In that way, the vote itself never really mattered; the narrative did.
The Guardian
1
The narration contains others, so it's worth reading the entire short book.
BBC
2
There were omissions of importance in the former narration of my life.
The Autobiography of Madame Guyon
3
Despite copious amount of voiceover narration, it's unclear what his intentions are.
The Guardian
4
Nine years later Burton re-recorded the play doing the entire narration himself.
BBC
5
The first method suits broad description and narration, the second detailed description.
Library Work with Children
Usage of tale in English
1
Business Asia Week Ahead: Can China trade add to the recovery tale?
Reuters
2
Yet recent surveys suggest a different tale when teenagers become young adults.
The Irish Times
3
SEVERAL new appointments bring to the National Theatre much experience and talent.
The Irish Times
4
The tale gives a good idea of the express business in general.
Five Thousand Miles Underground; Or, the Mystery of the Centre o...
5
Would you work your idea of a 'Sergeant Cuff' into this tale?
Drood: a novel
6
The principal minor product of the novel lay in the provincial tale.
The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
7
People think a good tale ups the value of what they're offering.
Bones to Ashes
8
Yet perhaps I had always known exactly where this tale was leading.
The Guardian
9
No; Storri told the whole tale to the writer of the note.
The President: A Novel
10
The behaviour of those in the gig told the tale of itself.
Ran Away to Sea
11
The Wedding-Guest heareth the bridal music; but the Mariner continueth his tale.
Poems of Coleridge
12
I came home; I told my tale; I found my friend returned.
The Upton Letters
13
But the sorry tale of GE shows that the impossible could happen.
The Guardian
14
Wayne Barnes faced this very situation and lived to tell the tale.
The Irish Times
15
A final twist in the tale appears to have taken place since.
The Guardian
16
This is a flesh-and-blood tale you believe in, with fabulous period detail.
The Guardian
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Translations for tale
Tale through the time
Tale across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
Canada
Common
Ireland
Common
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