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Story

noun

(pl. stories)

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. Synonyms: narration, narrative, tale. "Disney's stories entertain adults as well as children"

A piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events.

A structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale. Synonyms: floor, level, storey.

A record or narrative description of past events. Synonyms: account, chronicle, history. "He gave an inaccurate account of the plot to kill the president" , "The story of exposure to lead"

A short account of the news. Synonyms: account, news report, report, write up. "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"

A trivial lie. Synonyms: fib, tale, taradiddle, tarradiddle. "How can I stop my child from telling stories?"

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"Story" Quotes from Famous Books

... remorse for his own conduct was very great, and it bore good fruit in a perceptible softening of his over-confident manner and a more distinct show of consideration for his mother and sister. Little by little he drew from Lettice the story of her past anxieties, of his father's efforts and privations, of his mother's suffering at the loss of luxuries to which she had always been accustomed—suffering silently borne because it was borne for Sydney. Lettice spared him as far as ...

— Name and Fame - A Novel • Adeline Sergeant

... this way I ultimately arrived at the conclusion that the spot we were seeking would be found somewhere between the meridians of 125 degrees and 135 degrees east longitude. Still assuming Barber's story to be true, I reasoned that the fact of the stranded ship having remained so long where she was, apparently unvisited and uninterfered with—until the Englishman's arrival upon the scene—argued that she was ...

— The Strange Adventures of Eric Blackburn • Harry Collingwood

... two of the three young men I had sent out with the flag, to meet the American war chief, entered. My astonishment was not greater than my joy to see them living and well. I eagerly listened to their story, which was as follows: ...

— Great Indian Chief of the West - Or, Life and Adventures of Black Hawk • Benjamin Drake

... have sketched briefly some of the most interesting of my adventures on the Plains. It has been necessary to omit much that I would like to have told. For twenty years my life was one of almost continuous excitement, and to tell the whole story ...

— An Autobiography of Buffalo Bill (Colonel W. F. Cody) • Buffalo Bill (William Frederick Cody)

... the old story, my child: Was not the earth always just what it is now? Let us see for ourselves whether this was ...

— Madam How and Lady Why - or, First Lessons in Earth Lore for Children • Charles Kingsley

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