Story meaning
- An account or report regarding the facts of an event or group of events.The witness changed her story under questioning.
- An anecdote.Came back from the trip with some good stories.
- A lie.Told us a story about the dog eating the cookies.
A hero known to us in story.
What's the story on these unpaid bills?
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 hotel ten stories high.
What will she do without being able to watch her stories?
What's the story with him?
I tried it again; same story, no error message, nothing happened.
An example of a story is the first floor of a two-story house.
Origin of story
- Middle English storie, story from Medieval Latin historia picture, story (probably from painted windows or sculpture on the front of buildings) from Latin history history
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- Middle English storie from Old French estorie, estoire from Latin historia history
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From Anglo-Norman estorie, from Latin historia, from Ancient Greek ἱστοÏία (historia, “history"). Compare history and storey (“floor of a building").
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