STORY
\stˈɔːɹɪ], \stˈɔːɹɪ], \s_t_ˈɔː_ɹ_ɪ]\
Definitions of STORY
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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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"
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a trivial lie; "he told a fib about eating his spinach"; "how can I stop my child from telling stories?"
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structure consisting of a room or set of rooms comprising a single level of a multilevel building; "what level is the office on?"
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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"
By Princeton University
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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"
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a trivial lie; "he told a fib about eating his spinach"; "how can I stop my child from telling stories?"
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structure consisting of a room or set of rooms comprising a single level of a multilevel building; "what level is the office on?"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
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A narration or recital of that which has occurred; a description of past events; a history; a statement; a record.
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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.
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A euphemism or child's word for "a lie;" a fib; as, to tell a story.
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To tell in historical relation; to make the subject of a story; to narrate or describe in story.
By Oddity Software
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A narrative or recital of events either real or imagined; a short tale or romance; history; a report or statement; an anecdote; colloquially, a falsehood; a stage or floor of a building: also spelled storey; a set of rooms on a single floor; the space between two floors of a building: storyteller, one who relates tales or anecdotes.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
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A narrative or recital; especially, a short tale, novel, etc.
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Anything reported or told.
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A lie.
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A division in a building comprising the space between two successive floors. storey.
By James Champlin Fernald
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A verbal narration or written narrative of a series of facts or events; history; a petty tale; a trifling tale; a fiction; a falsehood.
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A floor; a set of rooms on the same floor.
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To tell in historical relation; to narrate.
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To range under one another.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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n. [Latin] A verbal narrative or account of facts or incidents ; a narration or recital of that which has occurred ; history, ; - especially, the relation of an incident or minor event ; a short narrative ; a tale ;-a fiction ; a fable ; a fictitious narrative less elaborate than a novel ;-a falsehood.
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n. A set of rooms on the same floor or level; a loft ; a floor.
