story

(noun, verb)

noun

1. 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

Similar word(s): narration, narrative, tale

Definition categories: communication, content, message, substance

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

Definition categories: communication, fiction

3. a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale

Similar word(s): floor, level, storey

Definition categories: man–made, construction, structure

4. a record or narrative description of past events

- a history of France

- the story of exposure to lead

Similar word(s): account, chronicle, history

Definition categories: communication, record

5. a short account of the news

- the story was on the 11 o'clock news

Similar word(s): account, report

Definition categories: communication, news

6. a trivial lie

Similar word(s): fib, tale, taradiddle, tarradiddle

Definition categories: communication, lie, prevarication

Sentences with story as a noun:

- The book tells the story of two roommates.

- What's the story with him?

- I tried it again; same story, no error message, nothing happened.

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

verb

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