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Story is a tale that is made up for entertainment or a retelling of something that occurred or a piece of gossip that is being spread. (noun)

An example of a story is Jane Eyre.
An example of a story is the information you give to the police about the robbery you witnessed.
An example of a story is when you tell everyone you saw your neighbor stealing.

A story is a single floor of a multi-floor building. (noun)

An example of a story is the first floor of a two-story house.

See story in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun pl. stories

the telling of a happening or connected series of happenings, whether true or fictitious; account; narration
an anecdote or joke
1. a fictitious literary composition in prose or poetry, shorter than a novel; narrative; tale; specif., short story
2. the form of literature represented by such compositions
the plot of a novel, play, film, etc.
1. a report or rumor
2. Informal a falsehood or fib
romantic legend or history
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1. a news event or a report of it
2. Informal the pertinent facts or circumstances relating to a particular person, situation, etc., esp. such facts not widely known or previously revealed: what's his story? what's the story on your firing?
Informal the situation with regard to the subject being discussed; the aggregate of facts or circumstances involved: what's the story on the hostages?

transitive verb storied, storying

Archaic to tell the story of
to decorate with paintings, etc. representing scenes from history or legend

noun pl. stories

a section or horizontal division of a building, extending from the floor to the ceiling or roof lying directly above it; floor: a hotel ten stories high
all the rooms on the same level of a building
any horizontal section or division

Story, Joseph 1779-1845; U.S. jurist: associate justice, Supreme Court (1811-45)

See story in American Heritage Dictionary 4

sto·ry¹

noun pl. stories sto·ries

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.
a. A usually fictional prose or verse narrative intended to interest or amuse the hearer or reader; a tale.
b. A short story.
The plot of a narrative or dramatic work.
A news article or broadcast.
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).
The background information regarding something: What's the story on these unpaid bills?
Romantic legend or tradition: a hero known to us in story.

transitive verb storied sto·ried, storying sto·ry·ing, stories sto·ries

To decorate with scenes representing historical or legendary events.
Archaic To tell as a story.

Origin: Middle English storie, from Old French estorie, estoire, from Latin historia; see history .

sto·ry²

noun pl. stories sto·ries

A complete horizontal division of a building, constituting the area between two adjacent levels.
The set of rooms on the same level of a building.

Origin: 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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