story

sto-ry · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    An account of imaginary or real people and events.

  2. 2.

    A news article or broadcast.

  3. 3.

    A level of a building (American English).

  4. 4.

    An account given to explain or justify something; an excuse.

  5. 5.

    The plot of a book, film, or play.

Forms

plural: stories

Related words

See also: narrative, stories, tale
Synonyms: account, narrative, report, tale

Etymology

From Old French estoire, from Latin historia ("history, narrative, account"), from Greek historía ("inquiry, knowledge, history"), from histōr ("wise man, judge"). The word originally meant "history" but came to include fictional narratives as well.