noun
story
STOR-ee/ˈstɔːri/
A spoken or written account of real or imagined events.
The older man tells the attentive children a story about a sailing ship.
Etymology
Greek historia connected inquiry with an account of what was learned. Story initially meant a narrative of past events believed true, then broadened to include imagined events told for entertainment.
In context
what you had done what you had been able to do um with a story and i mean it was it was documentary but it really was more like a thriller
More examples
- The newspaper printed the story.
- He wrote a short story.
- Tell me your side of the story.
Forms
story · stories
storyteller noun — someone who tells or writes stories
Similar words
- tale
- Often a narrative with imaginative or traditional associations.