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
How often you will meet it
Rank 406 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 49,382 times across 155,552 chapters — 0.023% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 500 words, the band worth learning before any other.
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?
story 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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But this story at last wore itself out.
The Red Record Tabulated Statistics · Ida B. Wells-Barnett · Chapter 1
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Gluck told them his story, of which, of course, they did not believe a word.
Famous Stories Every Child Should Know · Hamilton Wright [Editor] Mabie · Chapter 1
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So Katherine told her story while Bobby listened, shrinking from some disclosure that would convict him.
The Abandoned Room · Wadsworth Camp · Chapter 1
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Still the Athenian's way of speaking pleased him, and he told him to go on with his story.
An Egyptian Princess — Volume 07 · Georg Ebers · Chapter 1
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It was the oft-repeated, incredible story of men so accustomed to danger that they throw away their lives in sheer carelessness.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1