saga
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6.4
- noun
- /ˈsɑːɡə/
- Literature
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saga
- The saga of the heroic Viking warriors has been told for generations in Iceland.
- Icelandic sagas
- legendary sagas
- medieval sagas
And so that that saga is ongoing.
- And so that that saga is ongoing.
- If anything, this saga shows that Satoshi was right.
- It is a great generational saga set in Dodge City, KS.
- It's the long saga that results in this big thing later, eventually.
- And thus began the long saga that has been the last two years for us.
- That being said, the episodes in which we did get together like Seesaw Saga were so much fun.
- There's a new twist in the Trump travel ban saga.
Examples
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It is now some time later and the saga is finally over.
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The saga of the three whales trapped by Arctic ice... and the heroic efforts of rescuers to save them... grew more desperate today...
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There is no one else who knows the saga as well as you.
Fiction book (2000) -
Well, I definitely look forward to catching up on this saga.
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So, it turns out the saga of the Bad Guys has come to a simple and totally satisfying conclusion.
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The result is an epic saga of violence and madness.
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Here is another chapter in the continuing saga of the shoe woman.
Fiction book (1996) -
If anything, this saga shows that Satoshi was right.
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It is I, his chronicler, who knows well his saga.
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Like translated Arthurian romances, Hrolfs saga is a reworking of historical legend in the style of romances.
Academic text (1999)
Synonyms
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1.0
An account of events told to entertain or inform
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1.0
A story that tells about events, often imaginary, in books or by people
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3.9
A story that describes connected events
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7.2
A long story that is probably not true
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5.2
A long story about heroes and their great adventures
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4.3
A story about a brave person who faces danger, for example a knight fighting a dragon
How Long
Surface Forms
Etymology
Saga comes from an old Norse word saga meaning 'story' or 'what is said', and it is from the same root as the English verb say. So a saga is a long, involved story about heroes, families, or events, which is why long novels or film series are often called 'sagas'.