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Definition: Meaning of, story in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˈstɔːri /

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story stories
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  1. for entertainment a description of how something happened, that is intended to entertain people, and may be true or imaginary [↪  tale]
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  2. news a report in a newspaper or news broadcast about a recent event
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  3. events an account of something that has happened, usually one that people tell each other, and which may not be true
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  4. excuse an excuse or explanation, especially one that you have invented
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  5. history a description of the most important events in someone's life or in the development of something
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  6. building American English a floor or level of a building [=  storey British English]
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  7. of a film/play etc what happens in a film, play, or book [=  plot]
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  8. it's the same story here/there/in ... used to say the same thing is happening in another place
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  9. spoken it's the same old story used to say that the present bad situation has often happened before
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  10. spoken it's a long story used to tell someone that you do not want to give them all the details that a full answer to their question would need
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  11. spoken to cut a long story short American English used when you only give the main point of something you are talking about, and not all the other details
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  12. spoken but that's another story used when you have mentioned something that you are not going to talk about on this occasion
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  13. spoken that's not the whole story used to say that there are more details which people need to know in order to understand the situation
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  14. spoken that's the story of my life used after a disappointing experience to mean that similar disappointing things always seem to happen to you
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  15. spoken end of story used to say that there is nothing more to say about a particular subject
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  16. a different story used to say that something is not what you expect it to be
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  17. lie a lie - used by children or when speaking to children
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story used in phrases

  • West Side Story
    1. a MUSICAL (= a play that uses singing and dancing to tell a story) by Leonard BERNSTEIN, based on the play ROMEO AND JULIET by William SHAKESPEARE, in which a boy and a girl in New York City fall in love, although they come from different GANG s, one of which consists of Puerto Rican people. The original stage MUSICAL, produced in 1957, was made into a successful film in 1961.
  • adventure story (noun)
    1. a story of an adventure
  • back story (noun)
    1. the things that happened to a character in a book or film before the beginning of the story being told in the book or film
  • blue story (noun)
    1. an indelicate joke
  • cock-and-bull story (noun)
    1. an interesting but highly implausible story; often told as an excuse
  • cover story (noun)
    1. the main story that appears with a picture on the front cover of a newspaper or magazine
  • detective story (noun)
    1. a narrative about someone who investigates crimes and obtains evidence leading to their resolution
  • dirty story (noun)
    1. an indelicate joke
  • fairy story (noun)
    1. a story about fairies; told to amuse children
    2. an interesting but highly implausible story; often told as an excuse
  • funny story (noun)
    1. usually with a punch line an account of an amusing incident
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