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STORY
floor, level, storey, story
(noun) a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale; “what level is the office on?”
story
(noun) a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events; “he writes stories for the magazines”
history, account, chronicle, story
(noun) 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”
report, news report, story, account, write up
(noun) 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”
fib, story, tale, tarradiddle, taradiddle
(noun) a trivial lie; “he told a fib about eating his spinach”; “how can I stop my child from telling stories?”
narrative, narration, story, tale
(noun) 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”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
story (plural stories)
A sequence of real or fictional events; or, an account of such a sequence.
A lie, fiction.
(US, colloquial, usually pluralized) A soap opera.
(obsolete) History.
A sequence of events, or a situation, such as might be related in an account.
(Internet) A chronological collection of pictures or short videos published by a user on an application or website that is typically only available for a short period.
Usage notes
• (soap opera): Popularized in the 1950s, when soap operas were often billed as "continuing stories", the term "story" to describe a soap opera fell into disuse by the 21st century and is now used chiefly among older people and in rural areas. Other English-speaking countries used the term at its zenith as a "loaned" word from the United States.
Synonyms
• (account): tome
• (lie): See lie
• (soap opera): soap opera, serial
• (sequence of events; situtation): narrative
Verb
story (third-person singular simple present stories, present participle storying, simple past and past participle storied)
To tell as a story; to relate or narrate about.
Etymology 2
Noun
story (plural stories)
(obsolete) A building or edifice.
(chiefly US) A floor or level of a building; a storey.
Synonyms: floor, level
(typography) Alternative form of storey
Usage notes
See storey.
Anagrams
• ryots, stroy, tyros
Proper noun
Story
A surname.
An unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Arkansas, United States.
An unincorporated community in Van Buren Township, Brown County, Indiana.
A ghost town in St. Clair County, Missouri.
An unincorporated community in Sioux County, Nebraska.
A census-designated place in Sheridan County, Wyoming.
Anagrams
• ryots, stroy, tyros
Source: Wiktionary
Sto"ry, n.; pl. Stories. Etym: [OF. estoré, estorée, built, erected, p.p. of estorer to build, restore, to store. See Store, v. t.]
Definition: 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. [Written also storey.]
Note: A story comprehends the distance from one floor to another; as, a story of nine or ten feet elevation. The spaces between floors are numbered in order, from below upward; as, the lower, second, or third story; a house of one story, of two stories, of five stories. Story post (Arch.), a vertical post used to support a floor or superincumbent wall.
Sto"ry, n. Etym: [OE. storie, OF. estoire, F. histoire, fr. L. historia. See History.]
1. A narration or recital of that which has occurred; a description of past events; a history; a statement; a record. One malcontent who did indeed get a name in story. Barrow. Venice, with its unique city and its Impressive story. Ed. Rev. The four great monarchies make the subject of ancient story. Sir W. Temple.
2. 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. Addison.
3. A euphemism or child's word for "a lie;" a fib; as, to tell a story. [Colloq.]
Sto"ry, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Storied; p. pr. & vb. n. Storying.]
Definition: To tell in historical relation; to make the subject of a story; to narrate or describe in story. How worthy he is I will leave to appear hereafter, rather than story him in his own hearing. Shak. It is storied of the brazen colossus in Rhodes, that it was seventy cubits high. Bp. Wilkins.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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