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Definitions for Story

[1] a narrative, either true or fictitious, in prose or verse, designed to interest, amuse, or instruct the hearer or reader; tale.
[2] a fictitious tale, shorter and less elaborate than a novel.
[3] such narratives or tales as a branch of literature: song and story.
[4] the plot or succession of incidents of a novel, poem, drama, etc.: The characterizations were good, but the story was weak.
[5] 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.
[6] 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.
[7] a report or account of a matter; statement or allegation: The story goes that he rejected the offer.
[8] news story.
[9] a lie or fabrication: What he said about himself turned out to be a story.
[10] Obsolete . history.
[11] to ornament with pictured scenes, as from history or legend.
[12] Obsolete . to tell the history or story of.
[13] a complete horizontal section of a building, having one continuous or practically continuous floor.
[14] the set of rooms on the same floor or level of a building.
[15] any major horizontal architectural division, as of a façade or the wall of a nave.
[16] a layer.
[17] Joseph, 1779–1845, U.S. jurist.
[18] William Wet·more [wet -mawr, -mohr] /ˈwɛtˌmɔr, -ˌmoʊr/ , 1819–95, U.S. sculptor and poet.
[19] a narration of a chain of events told or written in prose or verse
[20] Also called: short story a piece of fiction, briefer and usually less detailed than a novel
[21] Also called: story line the plot of a book, film, etc
[22] an event that could be the subject of a narrative
[23] a report or statement on a matter or event
[24] the event or material for such a report
[25] informal a lie, fib, or untruth
[26] cut a long story short or make a long story short to leave out details in a narration
[27] the same old story informal the familiar or regular course of events
[28] the story goes it is commonly said or believed
[29] to decorate (a pot, wall, etc) with scenes from history or legends
[30] another spelling (esp US) of storey

Words related to Story

version, fantasy, fable, biography, information, feature, fiction, book, comedy, memoir, description, myth, autobiography, anecdote, adventure, report, article, tragedy, novel, drama

Words nearby Story

stormy, stormy petrel, stornoway, storrs, storting, story, story arc, story line, story of my life, the, storyboard, storybook

Origin of Story

21350–1400; Middle English storie < Anglo-Latin historia picture decorating a building, a part of the building so decorated, hence floor, story < Latin historia history

Other words from Story

sto·ry·less , adjective

Word origin for Story

C13: from Anglo-French estorie, from Latin historia; see history

Synonyms for Story

adventure, anecdote, article, autobiography, biography, book, comedy, description, drama, fable, fantasy, feature, fiction, history, information, legend, memoir, myth, narrative, novel, record, report, tale, tragedy, version, allegory, apologue, beat, chronicle, cliffhanger, epic, folktale, gag, narration, nonfiction, parable, potboiler, recital, relation, romance, saga, scoop, sequel, serial, spiel, yarn, conte, fairy tale, long and short of it, news item, old saw