story
∞
1.0
- noun
- /ˈstɔːri/
:
historia
- Can you tell me a story from your life?
- tell stories
- a short story
- read a story
Can you tell me a story from your life?
- Can you tell me a story from your life?
- OK, so it's more of a story than a name.
- How do you tell a great story in that sense?
- Now you get to write your story however you want.
- But what you do know is that the story is about you.
- These are the kind of stories we need right now.
- They want their story to make an impact.
- And there's a huge story of media bias here.
- OK so we have one more story related to DNA.
- And here was this story of a journalist.
- That is, in terms of stories beginning and end.
- Well, that's a that's a great story anyway.
Examples
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Now you get to write your story however you want.
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The authors present strategies for reading through a story and experiencing the story through drama.
Academic text (2013) -
But what you do know is that the story is about you.
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These are the kind of stories we need right now.
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His story is the story of America.
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Now this is going to be a good story.
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It's a very personal story.
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They want their story to make an impact.
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Children can read the story, listen to the story read aloud, or do a combination.
Academic text (2015) -
Can you tell me a story about your childhood adventures?
Synonyms
∞
1.3
A written or spoken account that gives information about something
591
1.0
A story that tells about events, often imaginary, in books or by people
466
3.0
A report that describes what happened
336
3.9
A story that describes connected events
105
2.3
A short piece of writing that focuses on one event or idea
95
5.8
A written record of past events in the order they happened
93
1.1
A report for newspapers, TV and websites about recent events
68
1.1
A short spoken or written account of recent events in the media
21
3.9
A short article that describes an event, often in a newspaper or magazine
Idioms
- Offensive
A mocking reply that shows you think a story is boring or not important
Compounds
- Informal
16
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
A story about a person who starts a business and their challenges and successes
How Long
- Literature
44
5.5
- Literature
84
6.4
∞
1.0
- Literature
105
2.3
102
4.1
Surface Forms
Etymology
Story (a description of events) comes from the old Latin word historia, which meant 'history' or 'tale' and is the same root as English history. So a story is a description of events, real or imagined.