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Story

noun

(pl. stories)

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. Synonyms: narration, narrative, tale. "Disney's stories entertain adults as well as children"

A piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events.

A structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale. Synonyms: floor, level, storey.

A record or narrative description of past events. Synonyms: account, chronicle, history. "He gave an inaccurate account of the plot to kill the president" , "The story of exposure to lead"

A short account of the news. Synonyms: account, news report, report, write up. "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"

A trivial lie. Synonyms: fib, tale, taradiddle, tarradiddle. "How can I stop my child from telling stories?"

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"Story" Quotes from Famous Books

... Swieten saw through them at once; but he took care not to let them see through him. He heard their story, and putting on magisterial dignity and ...

— The Cloister and the Hearth • Charles Reade

... sunk after a very short career; and those that did get home never came out again. So 1914 closed with such a British command over the surface of the sea as even Nelson had never imagined. The worst of the horrible submarine war was still to come. But that is a different story. ...

— Flag and Fleet - How the British Navy Won the Freedom of the Seas • William Wood

... Listen! You've not heard that yet, have you? Rather the opposite. She was the good angel, whom you ruined... we've all been told that! Now, old Maia, what kind of story is it he prattles of? He says he was plagued with remorse for seven years because he owed ...

— The Road to Damascus - A Trilogy • August Strindberg

... its wonderful past. I have perhaps said enough to insist on its charms, and I know that all who endorse my statements will, after seeing Fountains, read with delight the books that are devoted to its story. ...

— Yorkshire Painted And Described • Gordon Home

... have but one hope,—fidelity to each other. If we persist in the same story, not a tittle can be brought home to us,—not a tittle, my good Bradley; and though our characters may be a little touched, why, what is a character? Shall we eat less, drink less, enjoy less, when we have lost it? Not a whit. No, my friend, ...

— The Disowned, Complete • Edward Bulwer-Lytton

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