short story
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2.3
- noun
- /ʃɔrt ˈstɔri/
- Literature
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- She enjoyed reading the short story that captured the essence of childhood adventures.
- write short stories
- read short stories
- a short story writer
This is a bunch of short stories, vignettes, sort of deal.
- This is a bunch of short stories, vignettes, sort of deal.
- He wins a Hugo award for a short story, the Dragon Masters.
- What I did was I took one of her short stories and made some found poems.
- A great short story, if you haven't read that.
- If you're trying to jump into Korean short story collections.
- Since then, she has published five more collections of poetry and short stories, as well as three children's books.
- I found myself in short stories and poems and essays.
- The Last Wish first book short story collection in the Witcher series.
- It's, it's a, it's a short story by Richard Broudigan.
- It's it's a it's a short story by Richard Brautigan.
- And maybe the third one is short stories and they're really great stuff.
- No, I'm a writer, poet, short story writer, novelist, screenwriter.
Examples
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Honey, a new collection of short stories, is due out in November from Alfred A. Knopf.
Fiction book (1993) -
And those authors are very happy to have their short stories read and shared.
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But all short stories about kids are the same story.
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And I was working at the library when I discovered your book of short stories.
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The study was designed for the teaching of two short stories over two weeks.
Academic text (2011) -
Tomorrow Magazine recently published her second short story, and she has sold two novels to Roc Books.
Fiction book (1994) -
I want to begin this exploration of hope with a short story from Tang Dynasty, China.
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She's got a whole box of short stories you scribbled down.
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My teacher assigns a new short story every week to improve our writing skills.
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The anthology contains a collection of classic short stories by famous authors.
Synonyms
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1.0
An account of events told to entertain or inform
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A story that tells about events, often imaginary, in books or by people
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A story that describes connected events
Antonyms
How Long
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a story shorter than a novel' is directly and compositionally derived from 'short' (of small length or duration) modifying 'story' (a narrative). This adjectival combination follows a basic and cross-linguistically common pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily understand the MWE.
Etymology
Short story comes from the simple idea of a short story you can read in one sitting. That's why it means a 'brief' tale that usually focuses on a single event or theme.