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story
1[ stawr-ee, stohr-ee ]
noun
- a narrative, either true or fictitious, in prose or verse, designed to interest, amuse, or instruct the hearer or reader; tale.
Synonyms: , , , , , ,
- a fictitious tale, shorter and less elaborate than a novel.
- such narratives or tales as a branch of literature:
song and story.
- the plot or succession of incidents of a novel, poem, drama, etc.:
The characterizations were good, but the story was weak.
- a narration of an incident or a series of events or an example of these that is or may be narrated, as an anecdote, joke, etc.
Synonyms:
- a narration of the events in the life of a person or the existence of a thing, or such events as a subject for narration:
the story of medicine; the story of his life.
- a report or account of a matter; statement or allegation:
The story goes that he rejected the offer.
Synonyms:
- a lie or fabrication:
What he said about himself turned out to be a story.
- Obsolete. history.
verb (used with object)
- to ornament with pictured scenes, as from history or legend.
- Obsolete. to tell the history or story of.
story
2[ stawr-ee, stohr-ee ]
noun
- a complete horizontal section of a building, having one continuous or practically continuous floor.
- the set of rooms on the same floor or level of a building.
- any major horizontal architectural division, as of a façade or the wall of a nave.
- a layer.
Story
3[ stawr-ee, stohr-ee ]
noun
- Joseph, 1779–1845, U.S. jurist.
- William Wet·more [wet, -mawr, -mohr], 1819–95, U.S. sculptor and poet.
story
1/ ˈ²õ³Ùɔ˰ùɪ /
noun
- a narration of a chain of events told or written in prose or verse
- Also calledshort story a piece of fiction, briefer and usually less detailed than a novel
- Also calledstory line the plot of a book, film, etc
- an event that could be the subject of a narrative
- a report or statement on a matter or event
- the event or material for such a report
- informal.a lie, fib, or untruth
- cut a long story short or make a long story shortto leave out details in a narration
- the same old story informal.the familiar or regular course of events
- the story goesit is commonly said or believed
verb
- to decorate (a pot, wall, etc) with scenes from history or legends
story
2/ ˈ²õ³Ùɔ˰ùɪ /
noun
- another spelling (esp US) of storey
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ²õ³Ù´Ç۲â·±ô±ð²õ²õ adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of story1
Idioms and Phrases
In addition to the idiom beginning with story , also see cock and bull story ; cover story ; fish story ; hard-luck story ; make a long story short ; old story ; same old story ; shaggy dog story ; sob story ; upper story .Example Sentences
The film tells the story of Richard's difficult early life in Port Talbot, south Wales.
Hoards of hungry children with rumbling tummies are a common sight in school dinner halls, and a new exhibition has opened in Suffolk telling the stories of those lunchtime tastes and aromas - good or bad.
This post too went viral in India, while the media wrote numerous stories documenting users' reactions to it.
A sharp, funny woman with shoulder-length white hair, Susan tells me her story from her sunny front room somewhere in southern England.
But just when the film’s missteps start to frustrate, the story lands on a stunningly understated moment that suggests the potentially rich character study underneath.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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