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story


 
  Grep  of  noun  story 
  adventure  story 
  ancient  history 
  blue  story 
  case  history 
  clearstory 
  clerestory 
  cock-and-bull  story 
  consistory 
  department  of  history 
  detective  story 
  dirty  story 
  fairy  story 
  family  history 
  funny  story 
  good  story 
  history 
  lead  story 
  life  history 
  life  story 
  love  story 
  medical  history 
  mystery  story 
  natural  history 
  news  story 
  prehistory 
  protohistory 
  shaggy  dog  story 
  short  story 
  sob  story 
  story 
  storyline 
  storyteller 
 
  Overview  of  noun  story 
 
  The  noun  story  has  6  senses  (first  6  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (36)  narration,  narrative,  story,  tale,  recital,  yarn  --  (an  account  describing  incidents  or  events;  "a  farfetched  narrative";  "after  dinner  he  told  the  children  stories  of  his  adventures") 
  2.  (14)  story  --  (a  piece  of  fiction  that  narrates  a  chain  of  related  events;  "he  writes  stories  for  the  magazines") 
  3.  (7)  floor,  level,  storey,  story  --  (structure  consisting  of  a  room  or  set  of  rooms  comprising  a  single  level  of  a  multilevel  building;  "what  level  is  the  office  on?") 
  4.  (3)  history,  account,  chronicle,  story  --  (a  record  or  narrative  description  of  past  events:  "a  history  of  France";  "he  gave  an  inaccurate  account  of  the  plot  to  kill  the  president";  "the  story  of  exposure  to  lead") 
  5.  (2)  report,  news  report,  story,  account,  write  up  --  (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") 
  6.  (1)  fib,  story,  tale,  tarradiddle,  taradiddle  --  (a  trivial  lie;  "he  told  a  fib  about  eating  his  spinach";  "how  can  I  stop  my  child  from  telling  stories?") 
 
  Grep  of  adj  story 
  multistory 
 
  Overview  of  noun  story 
 
  The  noun  story  has  6  senses  (first  6  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (36)  narration,  narrative,  story,  tale,  recital,  yarn  --  (an  account  describing  incidents  or  events;  "a  farfetched  narrative";  "after  dinner  he  told  the  children  stories  of  his  adventures") 
  2.  (14)  story  --  (a  piece  of  fiction  that  narrates  a  chain  of  related  events;  "he  writes  stories  for  the  magazines") 
  3.  (7)  floor,  level,  storey,  story  --  (structure  consisting  of  a  room  or  set  of  rooms  comprising  a  single  level  of  a  multilevel  building;  "what  level  is  the  office  on?") 
  4.  (3)  history,  account,  chronicle,  story  --  (a  record  or  narrative  description  of  past  events:  "a  history  of  France";  "he  gave  an  inaccurate  account  of  the  plot  to  kill  the  president";  "the  story  of  exposure  to  lead") 
  5.  (2)  report,  news  report,  story,  account,  write  up  --  (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") 
  6.  (1)  fib,  story,  tale,  tarradiddle,  taradiddle  --  (a  trivial  lie;  "he  told  a  fib  about  eating  his  spinach";  "how  can  I  stop  my  child  from  telling  stories?") 



story definition