story
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1.3
- noun
- /ˈstɔri/
- US
- My new shop has two stories, the upstairs studio and the downstairs workshop.
- second story
- two-story building
- one-story building
Examples
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The office building has five stories and features a rooftop terrace.
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Wake Forest cut the ribbon on the five-story residence hall for 224 students on Friday.
Academic text (2017) -
The residence had two stories, though the lower story was called the basement.
Academic text (2015) -
Twana set up a hookah in the front courtyard of his family's two-story office building.
Academic text (2015) -
They recently renovated a two-story story that now houses a coffee shop on the ground level.
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We live on the third story of the apartment complex, which offers great views of the city.
Synonyms
Idioms
- Offensive
1
9.9
A mocking reply that shows you think a story is boring or not important
Compounds
- Informal
15
4.9
A story often exaggerated that tries to make people feel sorry for personal problems
- Literature
2
4.3
A news article that shocks or excites people by making events seem bigger than they are
1
4.6
A story about a person who starts a business and their challenges and successes
How High
Surface Forms
Etymology
Story (a building level) comes from the old Latin word historia, which meant 'history' or 'tale'. Long ago, houses often had pictures of a 'story' on each level, so the word came to mean the floor itself.