stories
plural of “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
An inflected form of story · plural.
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,643 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 11,074 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.005% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- 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 also: narrative, narration, tale his narrative was interestingDisney's stories entertain adults as well as children
- a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events he writes stories for the magazines
- a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale also: floor, level, storey what level is the office on?
- a record or narrative description of past events also: history, account, chronicle a history of Francehe gave an inaccurate account of the plot to kill the president
- a short account of the news also: report, news report, account, write up the report of his speechthe story was on the 11 o'clock news
- a trivial lie also: fib, tale, tarradiddle, taradiddle he told a fib about eating his spinachhow can I stop my child from telling stories?
stories in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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It was the completing of non-complete stories.
Following the Equator — Part 1 · Mark Twain · Chapter 1
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Then what lovely stories there were about the lions.
The Dream · Émile Zola · Chapter 1
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There are Russian, German, French, Icelandic, Red Indian, and other stories here.
The Yellow Fairy Book: The Grateful Beasts · World Traditions (Celtic, Norse, Asian & Persian) · Chapter 1
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Goody-good and professionally "pious" stories, sentimental or unreal stories, ought to be rigorously excluded.
Famous Stories Every Child Should Know · Hamilton Wright [Editor] Mabie · Chapter 1
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The apples are pared, the paper read, The stories are told, then all to bed.
Poems Every Child Should Know · Mary E. (Mary Elizabeth) [Editor] Burt · Chapter 1