story

Meaning

Noun

1. An account of real or fictional events.
2. A lie, fiction.
3. (US, colloquial) A soap opera.
4. (obsolete) History.
5. A sequence of events, or a situation, such as might be related in an account.
6. (capitalized, sometimes) 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.
7. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of user story.

Verb

1. (transitive) To tell as a story; to relate or narrate about.
2. (ambitransitive, capitalized, sometimes) To post a story (chronological collection of pictures or short videos) on an application or website.

Intj

Used as a greeting, short for what's the story?

Synonyms

tale

narrative

floor

account

history

legend

storey

fable

news

📰

talk

🗣️

narration

report

novel

level

fairy tale

anecdote

plot

chat

information

affair

myth

yarn

🧶

chronicle

statement

word

description

storey

fiction

fib

event

saga

conversation

record

write up

message

lie

matter

article

episode

case

issue

riddle

recounting

relation

recital

parable

party

🥳

occurrence

outline

person

🧑‍🦱

Translations

histoire

Geschichte

conte

Erzählung

verhaal

cuento

storia

historia

étage

racconto

conto

récit

história

Märchen

verdieping

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈstɔː.ɹi/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: storie

In summary

From Middle English storie, storye, from Anglo-Norman estorie by aphesis, from Latin historia, from Ancient Greek ῐ̔στορῐ́ᾱ (hĭstorĭ́ā, “learning through research”). Doublet of history and storey.

Sentences

You knew the whole story .

Thanks for the story and good luck on your honeymoon .

Sanders has said that he considers his best story to be " Dry Bones ".

I'm reading a fascinating detective story .

This story may also be a later fabrication , or popular folklore .

Diemaco was recently purchased by Colt bringing that story full circle .