story
Meaning
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- An account of real or fictional events.
- A lie, fiction.
- (colloquial) A soap opera.
- (obsolete) History.
- A sequence of events, or a situation, such as might be related in an account.
- 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.
- Ellipsis of user story.
Synonyms
fairy story
news report
news item
floor layer
all about
seam altitude
short novel
tell a story
literary composition
short-story
novelet
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈstɔː.ɹi/
Etymology
From Middle English storie, storye, from Anglo-Norman estorie by aphesis. The Anglo-Norman word itself comes from Latin historia, a borrowing from Ancient Greek ἱστορίᾱ (historíā, “learning through research”). Doublet of history and storey.
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