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 televisionprogram "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"
4. (noun)history, account, chronicle, story a record or narrativedescription 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 shortaccount 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?"
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
4. (verb)Story a set of rooms on the samefloor or level; a floor, or the space between two floors. Also, a horizontaldivision 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
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.