Story

  • 21story — noun 1 account of events/people, true or invented ADJECTIVE ▪ true ▪ plausible ▪ false, made up ▪ She told the police a false story about being attacked. ▪ …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 22story — I n. tale 1) to narrate, tell a story 2) to carry, circulate, print, run a story (all the newspapers carried the story about the fire) 3) to edit; rewrite; write a story 4) to concoct, fabricate, invent, make up a story 5) to change, revise;… …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 23story — sto|ry W2S2 [ˈsto:ri] n plural stories ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(for entertainment)¦ 2¦(news)¦ 3¦(events)¦ 4¦(excuse)¦ 5¦(history)¦ 6¦(building)¦ 7¦(of a film/play etc)¦ 8 it s the same story here …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 24story — / stO:ri/ noun (C) 1 FOR ENTERTAINMENT a description of how something happened, that is intended to entertain people, and may be true or imaginary: the story of Cinderella | Don t be frightened, Connie it s only a story. (=it is imaginary) (+… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 25story — sto|ry [ stɔri ] noun count *** 1. ) an account of something that happened. Stories can be imaginary, traditional, or true: She s written several children s stories. Can we have a bedtime story? The book is about the discovery of DNA it s a… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 26story — [[t]stɔ͟ːri[/t]] ♦ stories 1) N COUNT A story is a description of imaginary people and events, which is written or told in order to entertain. The second story in the book is titled The Scholar ... I shall tell you a story about four little… …

    English dictionary

  • 27story */*/*/ — UK [ˈstɔːrɪ] / US [ˈstɔrɪ] noun [countable] Word forms story : singular story plural stories 1) an account of something that happened. Stories can be imaginary, traditional, or true She s written several children s stories. The book is about the… …

    English dictionary

  • 28Story — NOTOC Story can mean:Description of a sequence of events* For the description of a sequence of events, commonly called a story, see narrative ** Short story or a novella ** Bedtime story, an entertaining or instructive, soporific, and often… …

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  • 29Story of O — Infobox Book name = Story of O caption = Cover of a French edition of Histoire d O featuring Corinne Clery author = Pauline Réage country = France language = French cover artist = series = genre = Erotic novel publisher = Jean Jacques Pauvert… …

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  • 30story — story1 storyless, adj. /stawr ee, stohr ee/, n., pl. stories, v., storied, storying. n. 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,… …

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