Definitions for story

Definitions for (noun) story

Main entry: floor, level, storey, story

Definition: a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale

Usage: what level is the office on?


Main entry: story

Definition: a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events

Usage: he writes stories for the magazines


Main entry: history, chronicle, story, account

Definition: a record or narrative description of past events

Usage: a history of France; he gave an inaccurate account of the plot to kill the president; the story of exposure to lead


Main entry: account, report, write up, news report, story

Definition: a short account of the news

Usage: 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


Main entry: story, tale, taradiddle, tarradiddle, fib

Definition: a trivial lie

Usage: he told a fib about eating his spinach; how can I stop my child from telling stories?


Main entry: story, tale, narration, narrative

Definition: 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

Usage: his narrative was interesting; Disney's stories entertain adults as well as children


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