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- Dictionarysaga/ˈsɑːɡə/
noun
- 1. a long story of heroic achievement, especially a medieval prose narrative in Old Norse or Old Icelandic: "a figure straight out of a Viking saga" Similar
- 2. a long, involved story, account, or series of incidents: "launching into the saga of her engagement" Similar
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a long story about past events over a long period of time: Her new novel is a lengthy and compelling family saga. a long complicated series of related, usually negative, events: It was just another episode in the ongoing saga of their marriage problems. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Accounts and stories. anecdote. another.
The meaning of SAGA is a prose narrative recorded in Iceland in the 12th and 13th centuries of historic or legendary figures and events of the heroic age of Norway and Iceland. How to use saga in a sentence.
noun. a medieval Icelandic or Norse prose narrative of achievements and events in the history of a personage, family, etc. any narrative or legend of heroic exploits. Synonyms: history, tale, epic.
a long story about past events over a long period of time: Her new novel is a lengthy and compelling family saga. a long complicated series of related, usually negative, events: It was just another episode in the ongoing saga of their marriage problems. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Accounts and stories. anecdote. another.
noun. 1. any of several medieval prose narratives written in Iceland and recounting the exploits of a hero or a family. 2. any similar heroic narrative. 3. Also called: saga novel. a series of novels about several generations or members of a family. 4. any other artistic production said to resemble a saga. 5. informal.
When your friend tells you every detail of how she tripped over a rock, broke her ankle, and then got into a car accident on the way to the hospital, she is sharing a long, involved story known as a saga. The word saga has its origins in the Middle Ages.
Definition of saga – Learner’s Dictionary. saga. noun [ C ] uk/ˈsɑːɡə/us. Add to word listAdd to word list. a long story about a lot of people or events. (Definition of saga from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of saga. in Chinese (Traditional) 薩迦（中世紀主要在冰島用古諾斯語寫成的斯堪的納維亞長篇傳奇）, 長篇故事, （通常指負面的）系列事件，一長串事件…
Definition of saga noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
While the term saga is usually associated with medieval texts, sagas — particularly in the legendary and chivalric saga genres — continued to be composed in Iceland on the pattern of medieval texts into the nineteenth century.
SAGA meaning: 1 : a long and complicated story with many details; 2 : a long and complicated series of events.
