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sto·ry ¹  (stôr, str)

n. pl. sto·ries

1. An account or recital of an event or a series of events, either true or fictitious, as:

a. An account or report regarding the facts of an event or group of events: The witness changed her story under questioning.

b. An anecdote: came back from the trip with some good stories.

c. A lie: told us a story about the dog eating the cookies.

2.

a. A usually fictional prose or verse narrative intended to interest or amuse the hearer or reader; a tale.

b. A short story.

3. The plot of a narrative or dramatic work.

4. A news article or broadcast.

5. Something viewed as or providing material for a literary or journalistic treatment: "He was colorful, he was charismatic, he was controversial, he was a good story" (Terry Ann Knopf).

6. The background information regarding something: What's the story on these unpaid bills?

7. Romantic legend or tradition: a hero known to us in story.

tr.v. sto·ried, sto·ry·ing, sto·ries

1. To decorate with scenes representing historical or legendary events.

2. Archaic To tell as a story.

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[Middle English storie, from Old French estorie, estoire, from Latin historia; see history.]

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sto·ry ²  (stôr, str)

n. pl. sto·ries

1. A complete horizontal division of a building, constituting the area between two adjacent levels.

2. The set of rooms on the same level of a building.

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[Middle English storie, story, from Medieval Latin historia, picture, story (probably from painted windows or sculpture on the front of buildings), from Latin, history; see history.]

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story¹

n pl -ries

1. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) a narration of a chain of events told or written in prose or verse

2. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) Also called short story a piece of fiction, briefer and usually less detailed than a novel

3. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) Also called story line the plot of a book, film, etc.

4. an event that could be the subject of a narrative

5. a report or statement on a matter or event

6. (Communication Arts / Journalism & Publishing) the event or material for such a report

7. Informal a lie, fib, or untruth

cut (or make) a long story short to leave out details in a narration

9. Informal

the same old story the familiar or regular course of events

the story goes it is commonly said or believed

vb -ries, -rying, -ried (tr)

(Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) to decorate (a pot, wall, etc.) with scenes from history or legends

[from Anglo-French estorie, from Latin historia; see history]

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story²

n pl -ries

(Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) another spelling (esp US) of storey

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	story - 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; "his narrative was interesting"; "Disney's stories entertain adults as well as children" narration, narrative, tale tearjerker - an excessively sentimental narrative subject matter, content, message, substance - what a communication that is about something is about tall tale - an improbable (unusual or incredible or fanciful) story folk tale, folktale - a tale circulated by word of mouth among the common folk sob story, sob stuff - a sentimental story (or drama) of personal distress; designed to arouse sympathy fairy story, fairy tale, fairytale - a story about fairies; told to amuse children nursery rhyme - a tale in rhymed verse for children
	2.	story - a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events; "he writes stories for the magazines" fiction - a literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact adventure story, heroic tale - a story of an adventure mystery story, whodunit, mystery - a story about a crime (usually murder) presented as a novel or play or movie love story, romance - a story dealing with love legend, fable - a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events short story - a prose narrative shorter than a novel allegory, apologue, parable, fable - a short moral story (often with animal characters) myth - a traditional story accepted as history; serves to explain the world view of a people parable - (New Testament) any of the stories told by Jesus to convey his religious message; "the parable of the prodigal son" plot - the story that is told in a novel or play or movie etc.; "the characters were well drawn but the plot was banal" climax, culmination - the decisive moment in a novel or play; "the deathbed scene is the climax of the play" anticlimax, bathos - a change from a serious subject to a disappointing one
	3.	story - a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale; "what level is the office on?" storey, floor, level basement, cellar - the lowermost portion of a structure partly or wholly below ground level; often used for storage building, edifice - a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place; "there was a three-story building on the corner"; "it was an imposing edifice" first floor, ground floor, ground level - the floor of a building that is at or nearest to the level of the ground around the building attic, garret, loft - floor consisting of open space at the top of a house just below roof; often used for storage loft - floor consisting of a large unpartitioned space over a factory or warehouse or other commercial space entresol, mezzanine floor, mezzanine - intermediate floor just above the ground floor structure, construction - a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts; "the structure consisted of a series of arches"; "she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons"
	4.	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" account, chronicle, history history - the discipline that records and interprets past events involving human beings; "he teaches Medieval history"; "history takes the long view" ancient history - a history of the ancient world etymology - a history of a word case history - detailed record of the background of a person or group under study or treatment historical document, historical paper, historical record - writing having historical value (as opposed to fiction or myth etc.) chronological record, annals - a chronological account of events in successive years biography, life history, life story, life - an account of the series of events making up a person's life record - anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph) providing permanent evidence of or information about past events; "the film provided a valuable record of stage techniques" recital - a detailed account or description of something; "he was forced to listen to a recital of his many shortcomings"
	5.	story - 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" news report, write up, account, report news - information reported in a newspaper or news magazine; "the news of my death was greatly exaggerated" newsletter, newssheet - report or open letter giving informal or confidential news of interest to a special group bulletin - a brief report (especially an official statement issued for immediate publication or broadcast) communique, despatch, dispatch - an official report (usually sent in haste) urban legend - a story that appears mysteriously and spreads spontaneously in various forms and is usually false; contains elements of humor or horror and is popularly believed to be true exclusive, scoop - a news report that is reported first by one news organization; "he got a scoop on the bribery of city officials"
	6.	story - a trivial lie; "he told a fib about eating his spinach"; "how can I stop my child from telling stories?" fib, taradiddle, tarradiddle, tale lie, prevarication - a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth cock-and-bull story, fairy story, fairy tale, fairytale, song and dance - an interesting but highly implausible story; often told as an excuse

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story

noun

1. tale, romance, narrative, record, history, version, novel, legend, chronicle, yarn, recital, narration, urban myth, urban legend, fictional account a popular love story with a happy ending

2. anecdote, account, tale, report, detail, relation, testimony The parents all shared interesting stories about their children.

3. (Informal) lie, falsehood, fib, fiction, untruth, porky (Brit. slang), pork pie (Brit. slang), white lie He invented some story about a cousin.

4. report, news, article, feature, scoop, news item Those are some of the top stories in the news.

Translations

story¹ [ˈstɔːrɪ]

A. N

1. (= account) → historia f; (= tale) → cuento m, relato m; (= joke) → chiste m
his story is that → según él dice ..., según lo que él cuenta ...
but that's another story → pero eso es otro cantar
a children's story → un cuento infantil
the story goes that → se dice or se cuenta que ...
the story of her life → la historia de su vida
that's the story of my life! → ¡siempre me pasa lo mismo!
it's a long story → es/sería largo de contar
to cut a long story short → en resumidas cuentas, en pocas palabras
it's the same old story → es la historia de siempre
to tell a story (fictional) → contar un cuento; (= recount what happened) → contar or narrar una historia
the marks tell their own story → las señales hablan por sí solas, las señales no necesitan interpretación
the full story has still to be told → todavía no se ha hecho pública toda la historia
what a story this house could tell! → ¡cuántas cosas nos diría esta casa!
the story of their travels → la relación de sus viajes
that's not the whole story → eso no es todo

2. (= plot) → argumento m, trama f

3. (Press) → artículo m, reportaje m

4. (euph) (= lie) → mentira f, cuento m
a likely story! → ¡puro cuento!
to tell stories (lies) → contar embustes

B. CPD story writer N → narrador(a) m/f

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story [ˈstɔːri] n

(= tale) → histoire f
Do you know any good ghost stories? → Tu connais de bonnes histoires de fantômes?

(= account) → histoire f
I told her the story of my life
BUT Je lui ai raconté ma vie.
... but that's another story → ... mais c'est une autre histoire
it's the same old story → c'est toujours la même histoire

(in the media) (= article) → article m (= subject) → affaire f

(= lie) → histoire f
What a story! I don't believe a word of it → Quelle histoire! Je n'y crois pas un mot.

(US) = storey

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story:

storyboard

n (TV, Film) → Storyboard nt

storybook

n → Geschichtenbuch nt

adj attr castles, romance etc → märchenhaft; story ending → Ende nt → wie im Märchen, Happy End nt, → Happyend nt

story line

n → Handlung f

storyteller

n

(= narrator) → Geschichtenerzähler(in) m(f)

(inf, = liar) → Lügenbold m

storytelling

n no pl (spoken) → Geschichtenerzählen nt; (written) → Erzählkunst f

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story¹

n

(= tale) → Geschichte f; (esp Liter) → Erzählung f; (= joke) → Witz m; it’s a long story → das ist eine lange Geschichte; the story of her life → ihre Lebensgeschichte; that’s the story of my life (inf) → das plagt mich mein ganzes Leben lang! (inf); (said as a response) → wem sagen Sie das! (inf); that’s another story → das ist eine andere Geschichte; the story goes that … → man erzählt sich, dass …; his story is that … → er behauptet, dass …; according to your story → dir zufolge; I’ve heard his (side of the) story → ich habe seine Version gehört; the full story still has to be told → die ganze Wahrheit muss noch ans Licht kommen; that’s not the whole story → das ist nicht die ganze Wahrheit; your school marks tell their own story → deine Zeugnisnoten sprechen für sich; to cut a long story short → um es kurz zu machen, kurz und gut; it’s the (same) old story → es ist das alte Lied; but it’s a different story now → aber jetzt sieht die Sache anders aus

(Press: = event) → Geschichte f; (= newspaper story) → Artikel m; it’ll make a good story → das gibt einen guten Artikel

(= plot) → Handlung f

(inf: = lie) → Märchen nt; to tell stories → Märchen erzählen

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story¹ [ˈstɔːrɪ] n

a. (account, lie) → storia; (of book, film) → trama; (tale) (Literature) → racconto
short story (Literature) → novella
that's not the whole story → non è tutto
it's the same old story → è sempre la solita storia
to cut a long story short → per farla breve
but that's another story → ma questa è un'altra storia
that's the story of my life! (fam) → per me va sempre a finire così!
to tell stories (fam) (lies) → raccontare storie

b. (Press) → articolo
he covered the story of the earthquake → ha fatto il servizio sul terremoto

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story storey

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story¹

n story [ˈstoːri]

1 an account of an event, or series of events, real or imaginary the story of the disaster; the story of his life; He went to the police with his story; What sort of stories do boys aged 10 like?; adventure/murder/love stories; a story-book; He's a good story-teller. storie, verhaal قِصَّه история příběh, historka historie; -historie; historie-; eventyr; -eventyr; eventyr- die Geschichte ιστορία, διήγημα, αφήγημα historia lugu, jutt روايت kertomus histoire סִיפּוּר कहानी priča, pripovjetka történet cerita saga, frásögn storia 話し 이야기 istorija, pasakojimas, romanas, apysaka, apsakymas stāsts; stāstījums cerita verhaal historie, fortelling historia, opowiadanie história istorie, poveste рассказ; история príbeh, historka zgodba priča historia, berättelse, saga เรื่องราว öykü, hikâye 故事 оповідання, повість کسی واقعہ کی تفصیل câu chuyện 故事

2 (used especially to children) a lie Don't tell stories! storie, leuen كَذِب измишльотина lež løgn das Märchen παραμύθι, ψέμα historia, cuento vale, luiskamine داستان vale histoire “סִיפּוּר” झूठ izmišljotina, laž „mese” kebohongan lygasaga storia 嘘 거짓말 pasaka, nebūtas dalykas, prasimanymas blēņas; pasakas; nieki cerita verhaaltje løgn bajka história basm сказка; выдумка lož, klamstvo zgodbica, štorija laž osanning, påhitt เรื่องแต่ง; นิยาย;นิทาน yalan 假話 вигадка; побрехенька من گھڑت بات lời nói dối 假话

the story goes

people say He has been in jail or so the story goes. daar word vertel تَقول الحِكايَه، يُقال، كما يَقول النّاس казват (че) říká se det siges erzählt man sich λέγεται (ότι) según dicen räägitakse گفته kerrotaan à ce qu'on dit כַּך אוֹמרִים जैसा कि लोग कहते हैं priča se, kaže se így mesélik kata orang sagan segir, sagt er (così si dice), (corre voce che) ～とかいう話だ (~라는) 이야기다 kalbama, žmonės kalba stāsta, ka menurut cerita; kata orang men zegt dat folk sier, ryktet går fama głosi segundo dizem se zice, se spune говорят vraví sa govori se ljudi kažu ryktet säger เรื่องราวที่ผ่านไป söylendiğine göre 據說 кажуть, що کہا جاتا ہے người ta nói rằng 据说

a tall story

an obviously untrue story; a lie. 'n leuen كِذْبَه مكْشوفَه опашата лъжа vymyšlená historka løgn das Lügenmärchen παραμύθι, μύθος historia inverosímil vale, vassing افسانه liioiteltu juttu histoire invraisemblable שֶׁקֶר झूठ nevjerojatna priča hihetetlen történet kebohongan lygasaga (storia inverosimile) ほら 허풍 visiškas prasimanymas, nebūtas dalykas salti meli; vienas vienīgas pasakas cerita yg susah hendak dipercayai een sterk verhaal skrøne; løgn bajeczka mentira poveste neverosimilă ложь, выдумка vymyslená historka izmišljena zgodba očigledna laž en otrolig historia เรื่องโกหก yalan, palavra 謊話 побрехенька جھوٹ câu chuyện không thật, lời nói dối 慌话

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story → قصة příběh historie Geschichte ιστορία relato tarina histoire priča storia 物語 이야기 verhaal historie historyjka história рассказ historia เรื่องราว öykü câu chuyện 故事