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 Definitions of Story  [ˈstɔr i, ˈstoʊr i]  

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Definition of 'Story' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) story
a narrative, either true or fictitious, in prose or verse; tale.

2.  story
a fictitious tale, shorter and less elaborate than a novel.

3.  story
such narratives or tales as a branch of literature:
song and story.

4.  story
the plot or succession of incidents of a novel, poem, drama, etc.

5.  story
a narration of incidents or events.

6.  story
a report of the facts concerning a matter in question.

7.  story
a lie; fabrication.

8.  story
Archaic. history.

9. (v.t.) story
to ornament with pictured scenes, as from history or legend.

10.  story
Archaic. to tell the history or story of.

11. (n.) story
a complete horizontal section of a building, having one continuous or practically continuous floor.

12.  story
the set of rooms on the same floor or level of a building.

13.  story
any major horizontal architectural division, as of a facade.

14.  story
a layer.

15. (n.) Story
Joseph, 1779–1845, U.S. jurist.


Definition of 'Story' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) narrative, narration, story, tale
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
"his narrative was interesting"; "Disney's stories entertain adults as well as children"

2. (noun) story
a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events
"he writes stories for the magazines"

3. (noun) floor, level, storey, story
a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale
"what level is the office on?"

4. (noun) history, account, chronicle, story
a record or narrative description of past events
"a history of France"; "he gave an inaccurate account of the plot to kill the president"; "the story of exposure to lead"

5. (noun) report, news report, story, account, write up
a short account of the news
"the report of his speech"; "the story was on the 11 o'clock news"; "the account of his speech that was given on the evening news made the governor furious"

6. (noun) fib, story, tale, tarradiddle, taradiddle
a trivial lie
"he told a fib about eating his spinach"; "how can I stop my child from telling stories?"


Definition of 'Story' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) story
a set of events, often imaginary, you tell to entertain; = tale
I tell the children a story every night at bedtime.; a story about a dragon

2.  story
an account of sth that has happened
I'm not sure whose story to believe now.; news stories

3.  story
a lie
He told them some story about how his mother was sick.

4.  story
a level of a building
a five-story apartment building


Definition of 'Story' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) Story
a narration or recital of that which has occurred; a description of past events; a history; a statement; a record

2. (noun) Story
the relation of an incident or minor event; a short narrative; a tale; especially, a fictitious narrative less elaborate than a novel; a short romance

3. (noun) Story
a euphemism or child's word for "a lie;" a fib; as, to tell a story

4. (verb) Story
a set of rooms on the same floor or level; a floor, or the space between two floors. Also, a horizontal division of a building's exterior considered architecturally, which need not correspond exactly with the stories within

5. (verb) Story
to tell in historical relation; to make the subject of a story; to narrate or describe in story


Translation of 'Story' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: an account of an event, or series of events, real or imaginary
the story of the disaster; the story of his life; He went to the police with his story; What sort of stories do boys aged 10 like?; adventure/murder/love stories; a story-book; He's a good story-teller.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: storie, verhaal Arabic flag Arabic: قِصَّه Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: история
Brazilian flag Brazilian: história Czech flag Czech: příběh, historka German flag German: die Geschichte
Danish flag Danish: historie; -historie; hist Greek flag Greek: ιστορία, διήγημα, αφήγημα Spanish flag Spanish: historia
Estonian flag Estonian: lugu, jutt Farsi flag Farsi: روايت Finnish flag Finnish: kertomus
French flag French: histoire Hebrew flag Hebrew: סִיפּוּר Hindi flag Hindi: कहानी
Croatian flag Croatian: priča, pripovjetka Hungarian flag Hungarian: történet Indonesian flag Indonesian: cerita
Icelandic flag Icelandic: saga, frásögn Italian flag Italian: storia Japanese flag Japanese: 話し
Korean flag Korean: 이야기 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: istorija, pasakojimas, ro Latvian flag Latvian: stāsts; stāstījums
Malay flag Malay: cerita Dutch flag Dutch: verhaal Norwegian flag Norwegian: historie, fortelling
Polish flag Polish: historia, opowiadanie Persian flag Persian: روايت Pashto flag Pashto: کیسه ، روایت
Portuguese flag Portuguese: história Romanian flag Romanian: istorie, poveste Russian flag Russian: рассказ; история
Slovak flag Slovak: príbeh, historka Slovenian flag Slovenian: zgodba Serbian flag Serbian: priča
Swedish flag Swedish: historia, berättelse, sag Thai flag Thai: เรื่องราว Turkish flag Turkish: öykü, hikâye
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 故事 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: оповідання, повість Urdu flag Urdu: کسی واقعہ کی تفصیل
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: câu chuyện Chinese flag Chinese: 故事

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