noun, plural stories.
1.
a narrative, either true or fictitious, in prose or verse, designed to interest, amuse, or instruct the hearer or reader; tale. 2.
a fictitious tale, shorter and less elaborate than a novel. 3.
such narratives or tales as a branch of literature:
song and story.
4.
the plot or succession of incidents of a novel, poem, drama, etc.:
The characterizations were good, but the story was weak.
5.
a narration of an incident or a series of events or an example of these that is or may be narrated, as an anecdote, joke, etc. 6.
a narration of the events in the life of a person or the existence of a thing, or such events as a subject for narration:
the story of medicine; the story of his life.
7.
a report or account of a matter; statement or allegation:
The story goes that he rejected the offer.
8.
news story. 9.
a lie or fabrication:
What he said about himself turned out to be a story.
10.
Obsolete.
history.
verb (used with object), storied, storying. 11.
to ornament with pictured scenes, as from
history or legend. 12.
Obsolete. to tell the
history or story of.
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