story
/ˈstɔri/
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Type
Noun
Meaning
An account of imaginary or real people and events told for entertainment.
She read a bedtime story to her daughter every night.
Do you prefer reading ghost stories or historical novels?
A report of recent events in a newspaper, broadcast, or online outlet.
The local newspaper ran a front-page story about the hospital funding cuts.
Why didn't the evening news cover that breaking story yesterday?
An individual's personal background, experiences, or version of events.
The suspect gave detectives a completely different story during his second interview.
Hearing her life story inspired everyone in the audience.
A lie or an elaborate excuse fabricated to deceive someone.
Don't make up a story about car trouble to justify being late.
He was always inventing elaborate stories whenever his homework went missing.
A level or floor of a building.
The developers plan to construct a thirty-story office tower downtown.
Did you know that the top story was damaged during the winter storm?
Collocations
- short story
- bedtime story
- cover a story
- lead story
- life story
- both sides of the story
- make up a story
- two-story house
- second story
Idioms
the story goes
used to introduce a popular rumor, legend, or hearsay
The story goes that the old hotel was once a hideout for bank robbers.
long story short
used to state that one is skipping minor details
Long story short, we missed our connecting flight and spent the night in Denver.
another story
a completely different matter or complication
He apologized, but whether she will ever trust him again is another story.