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      story
      noun
      An account of real or fictional events.
      A sequence of events, or a situation, such as might be related in an account.
      A lie, fiction.
      (social media, sometimes capitalized) A chronological collection of pictures or short videos published by a user on an application or website that is typically only available for a short period.
      (US, colloquial, usually pluralized) A soap opera.
      A surname.
      An unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Arkansas, United States.
      An unincorporated community in Van Buren Township, Brown County, Indiana.
      A ghost town in St. Clair County, Missouri.
      An unincorporated community in Sioux County, Nebraska.
      A census-designated place in Sheridan County, Wyoming.
      (computing) Ellipsis of user story. [(software engineering) In software development, a natural language description of how an end user uses a system feature.]
      (chiefly US, Philippines) Alternative spelling of storey. [A floor or level of a building or ship.]
      (obsolete) History.
      verb
      (transitive) To tell as a story; to relate or narrate about.
      (ambitransitive, social media, sometimes capitalized) To post a story (chronological collection of pictures or short videos) on an application or website.
      Roots
      historiastor- · Greek · inquiry, account
      Synonyms for story
      talennarrativennarrationnchroniclenhistorynfablentalebearingadjanecdotensaganfolktalenreportnfibnsubplotmythosanagnorisisfictionn
      Words related to story
      storietteretellingvbackstoryadjtalesmanstorylinenapologuenstorybooknstorytellingvnarratevanecdotistnnovelettennovellanfairytalenfictionalizevtellingnretoldvfabulistnnonfictionaladjfictionalizationnnovelnnarratornanecdotalistnovelisticadjepicaladj

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      Where does story come from?

      The word story breaks down into one root of Greek origin: the root stor-, from Greek historia (“inquiry, account”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.

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