story
UK /ˈstɔː.ɹi/ · US /ˈstɔ.ɹi/ noun, verb, interjection, proper noun
Also a form of storey
Forms stories storying storied storie Storey
- noun An account of real or fictional events. “The book tells the story of two roommates.”
- noun A lie, fiction. “You’ve been telling stories again, haven’t you?”
- noun (US, colloquial, usually pluralized) A soap opera. “What will she do without being able to watch her stories?”
- noun (obsolete) History.
- noun A sequence of events, or a situation, such as might be related in an account. “What's the story with him?”
- noun (social media, sometimes capitalized) 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.
- verb (transitive) To tell as a story; to relate or narrate about.
- verb (ambitransitive, social media, sometimes capitalized) To post a story (chronological collection of pictures or short videos) on an application or website.
- interjection (idiomatic, Ireland, Dublin) Used as a greeting, short for what's the story?
- proper noun A surname.
- proper noun An unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Arkansas, United States.
- proper noun An unincorporated community in Van Buren Township, Brown County, Indiana.
- proper noun A ghost town in St. Clair County, Missouri.
- proper noun An unincorporated community in Sioux County, Nebraska.
- proper noun A census-designated place in Sheridan County, Wyoming.
Synonyms
tome alternative fact anti-fact invention bluff bollocks bullshit canard cap chin clanker contradiction cram disinformation fabrication falsehood falsification fib flam goof narrative narration tale floor level storey history account chronicle report
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.
Alternative form of what's the story (“how are you?”)
Webster’s 1913
- noun 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. [Written also storey.]
- noun A narration or recital of that which has occurred; a description of past events; a history; a statement; a record.
- noun 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. Addison.
- verb To tell in historical relation; to make the subject of a story; to narrate or describe in story.
Etymology [OF. estoré, estorée, built, erected, p.p. of estorer to build, restore, to store. See Store, v. t.]
Etymology [OE. storie, OF. estoire, F. histoire, fr. L. historia. See History.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “story”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details