English Explanatory Dictionary

story

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An account of real or fictional events.
  2. A lie, fiction.
  3. A soap opera.
  4. History.
  5. A sequence of events, or a situation, such as might be related in an account.
  6. 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. Ellipsis of user story.
verb
  1. To tell as a story; to relate or narrate about.
  2. To post a story (chronological collection of pictures or short videos) on an application or website.
intj
  1. Used as a greeting, short for what's the story?
noun
  1. Alternative spelling of storey.
name
  1. A surname.
  2. An unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Arkansas, United States.
  3. An unincorporated community in Van Buren Township, Brown County, Indiana.
  4. A ghost town in St. Clair County, Missouri.
  5. An unincorporated community in Sioux County, Nebraska.
  6. A census-designated place in Sheridan County, Wyoming.

Pronunciation

/ˈstɔː.ɹi/ /ˈstɔ.ɹi/ en-uk-story.ogg en-us-story.ogg

Word forms

story stories storie storying storied what's the story what's the story, bud story, bud

Etymology

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.

Synonyms

tome alternative fact anti-fact invention bluff bollocks bullshit canard cap chin clanker contradiction cram disinformation fabrication falsehood falsification fib flam goof hoax hummer inveracity inverity jive lie load of bull load of crap load of shit mendacity misinformation mistruth nonsense nontruth pile of crap pile of shit pork pie porker porky prevarication red flag rubbish story swack-up tall tale terminological inexactitude untruism untruth whopper wisker yanker yed serial narrative

Related words

Storey

Derived words

afterstory another story anti-story A-story A story back-story back story Banbury story Banbury story of a cock and a bull Banbury story of a cock and bull bedtime story break the story B-story B story campfire story chain story change one's story Cinderella story cock-and-bull story color story colour story cool story bro counterstory cover story creation story different story dope story end of story environmental storytelling fairy story feature story fish story folk story forestory frame story get 'em story ghost story greatest story ever told half the story hard-luck story horror story human interest story impossible story inside story Insta story Insta-story just-so story knifestory life story likely story long story long story short love story made-to-order story metastory microstory midstory moral of the story multi-story nonstory
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