| story | |
| 1. n. A sequence of real or fictional events; or, an account of such a sequence. | |
| The book tells the story of two roommates. | |
| 2. n. A lie, fiction. | |
| You’ve been telling stories again, haven’t you? | |
| 3. n. (US, colloquial usually pluralized) A soap opera. | |
| What will she do without being able to watch her stories? | |
| 4. n. (obsolete) History. | |
| 5. n. A sequence of events, or a situation, such as might be related in an account. | |
| What's the story with him? | |
| I tried it again; same story, no error message, nothing happened. | |
| The images it captured help tell a story of extreme loss: 25 percent of its ice and four of its 19 glaciers have disappeared since 1957. | |
| 6. n. (Internet, Snapchat) A temporary collection of a user's recently publicized snaps. | |
| 7. v. To tell as a story; to relate or narrate about. | |
| 8. n. (obsolete) A building or edifice. | |
| 9. n. (chiefly US) A floor or level of a building; a storey. | |
| Our shop was on the fourth story of the building, so we had to install an elevator. | |
| 10. n. (typography) (alt form, storey) | |
