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Meaning of story

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

story

Pronunciation:/ˈstɔː.ɹi//ˈstɔː.ɹi/

noun

Definitions

  1. A sequence of real or fictional events; or, an account of such a sequence.

    Example: The book tells the story of two roommates.

  2. A lie, fiction.

    Example: You’ve been telling stories again, haven’t you?

  3. (usually pluralized) A soap opera.

    Example: What will she do without being able to watch her stories?

  4. History.

verb

Definitions

  1. To tell as a story; to relate or narrate about.

story

Pronunciation:/ˈstɔː.ɹi//ˈstɔː.ɹi/

noun

Definitions

  1. A building; an edifice.

  2. A floor or level of a building or ship.

    Example: For superstitious reasons, many buildings number their 13th storey as 14, bypassing 13 entirely.

    Synonyms:floorlevelstory
  3. A vertical level in certain letters, such as a and g.

    Example: The IPA symbol for a voiced velar stop is the single-storey , not the double-storey .

noun

Definitions

  1. A building or edifice.

  2. A floor or level of a building; a storey.

    Example: Our shop was on the fourth story of the building, so we had to install an elevator.

    Synonyms:floorlevel