stories

sto-ries · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    (noun, plural) Accounts of imaginary or real events.

  2. 2.

    (noun, plural) News reports or articles.

  3. 3.

    (noun, plural) Levels of a building (American English: stories; British English: storeys).

  4. 4.

    (noun, plural) False accounts or excuses.

Related words

See also: narrative, story, tale
Synonyms: accounts, floors, narratives, tales

Etymology

From Latin historia ("history, narrative, account") + -s (plural ending). The building-level meaning may derive from medieval buildings whose floors were decorated with historical paintings, each floor depicting a different "story."