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- DictionarySto·ry/ˈstôrē/
noun
- 1. an account of imaginary or real people and events told for entertainment: "an adventure story" Similar talenarrativeaccountrecitalanecdotechroniclehistoryinformal:yarnspiel
- ▪ a plot or story line: "the novel has a good story" Similar plotstorylinescenariochain of eventstechnical:diegesis
- ▪ a report of an item of news in a newspaper, magazine, or news broadcast: "stories in the local papers" Similar news itemnews reportarticlefeaturepieceexclusiveexposéspoilerinformal:scoop
- ▪ a piece of gossip; a rumor: "there have been lots of stories going around, as you can imagine" Similar rumorpiece of gossippiece of hearsaywhisperspeculationon ditinformal:kidologyteafurphy
- ▪ a false statement or explanation; a lie: informal "Ellie never told stories—she had always believed in the truth" Similar liefibfalsehooduntruthfabricationfictionpiece of fictionwhite liepishoguenancy storyinformal:tall storyfairy storyfairy talecock and bull storyshaggy-dog storywhopperterminological inexactitudefish storypork pieporky pieporkyOpposite the truth
- 2. an account of past events in someone's life or in the evolution of something: "the story of modern farming"
- ▪ a particular person's representation of the facts of a matter, especially as given in self-defense: "during police interviews, Harper changed his story" Similar testimonystatementreportaccountversiondescriptionrepresentation
- ▪ a situation viewed in terms of the information known about it or its similarity to another: "having such information is useful, but it is not the whole story"
Word Origin Middle English (denoting a historical account or representation): shortening of Anglo-Norman French estorie, from Latin historia (see history).
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