story

A1 Topic:Describing Qualities

Also spelled storey

US /ˈstɔ.ɹi/ UK /ˈstɔː.ɹi/ See IPA manual

noun verb Freq #433

Meanings

1

noun
An account of real or imaginary events, told to entertain people.

The book tells the story of two roommates.
2

noun
A report or description of events, such as in the news.

The newspaper ran a story about the new school.
3

noun
A lie or untrue statement.

You've been telling stories again, haven't you?
4

noun
A collection of pictures or short videos a user posts online that is only available for a short time.

She shared a photo of the sunset on her story.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · an account of real or... narrative tale

2 noun · a report or description of... account

3 noun · a lie or untrue statement. lie fib

Word family

Forms stories

Derived forms a-storyafterstoryanti-storyb-storyback-storycounterstoryforestoryinsta-storyknifestorymetastorymicrostorymidstory

Related forms storey

Common collocations

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.

*weyd- Proto-Indo-European storie Middle English estorie xno historia Latin ῐ̔στορῐ́ᾱ Ancient Greek

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Topics

Describing Qualities Media & Publishing

# story

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A1
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** ˈstɔ.ɹi
**IPA (UK):** ˈstɔː.ɹi
**Frequency rank:** 433

## Meanings
1. An account of real or imaginary events, told to entertain people.
2. A report or description of events, such as in the news.
3. A lie or untrue statement.
4. A collection of pictures or short videos a user posts online that is only available for a short time.

## Examples
- The book tells the story of two roommates.
- The newspaper ran a story about the new school.
- You've been telling stories again, haven't you?
- She shared a photo of the sunset on her story.

## Derived Forms
- a-story
- afterstory
- anti-story
- b-story
- back-story
- counterstory
- forestory
- insta-story
- knifestory
- metastory
- microstory
- midstory

## Related Forms
- storey

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *weyd-
- Root: storie
- Root: estorie
- Root: historia
- Root: ῐ̔στορῐ́ᾱ

## 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.

## AI Etymology
Story is 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. In present-day use, it can mean an account of real or imaginary events, told to entertain people, or a report or description of events, such as in the news.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Media & Publishing

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