story

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a record or narrative description of past events

   a history of France

2. 2
   noun

   An account of real or fictional events.

   The book tells the story of two roommates.

3. 3
   noun

   A lie, fiction.

   You’ve been telling stories again, haven’t you?

4. 4
   noun

   A soap opera.

   What will she do without being able to watch her stories?

5. 5
   noun

   History.

   […] who is so unread or so uncatechis'd in story, that hath not heard of many sects refusing books as a hindrance, and preserving their doctrine unmixt for many ages, only by unwritt'n traditions.

6. 6
   noun

   A sequence of events, or a situation, such as might be related in an account.

   What's the story with him?

7. 7
   noun

   A chronological collection of pictures or short videos published by a user on an application or website that is typically only available for a short period.

   Worshippers in Mecca are streaming their stories live on Snapchat, opening up the Saudi city to non-Muslims online.

8. 8
   verb

   To tell as a story; to relate or narrate about.

   How worthy he is I will leave to appear hereafter, rather than story him in his own hearing.

Etymology

From Middle English storie, storye, from Anglo-Norman estorie by aphesis, from Latin historia, from Ancient Greek ῐ̔στορῐ́ᾱ (hĭstorĭ́ā, “learning through research”). Doublet of history and storey.