plural stories
1
a
: an account of incidents or events
b
: a statement regarding the facts pertinent to a situation in question
c
: anecdote
especially
: an amusing one
2
a
: a fictional narrative shorter than a novel
specifically
: short story
b
: the intrigue or plot of a narrative or dramatic work
3
: a widely circulated rumor
6
: a news article or broadcast
8
storied; storying
1
: to adorn with a story or a scene from history
2
archaic
: to narrate or describe in story
variants
or less commonly storey
plural stories also storeys
1
a
: the space in a building between two adjacent floor levels or between a floor and the roof
b
: a set of rooms in such a space
c
: a unit of measure equal to the height of the story of a building
one story high
2
: a horizontal division of a building's exterior not necessarily corresponding exactly with the stories within
Examples of story in a Sentence
Noun (1)
he's a talented writer, but his quirky stories will never find a wide readership
Grandpa is always telling stories about what it was like growing up on a farm
a story in the morning paper about plans for a new library
gave us the whole story of the accident
stories going around that the old man had died with thousands of dollars hidden under his mattress
she tells stories just to get attention, so don't believe that stuff about her father being somebody important
the story proceeds at a pace that many readers will find a bit too leisurely
management is trying to figure out what the story is with the accident down in the warehouse
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Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
The better story won a long time ago and froze into a myth with present-day repercussions.
—Elizabeth D. Samet, Foreign Affairs, 29 Oct. 2025
Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2025
That creep factor, however, only added to the adventure element, although the highlights included more of the magical, such as the pink dolphins that never seemed too far away and the opportunity to get a glimpse of everyday life along this massive, storied South American waterway.
—Jeri Clausing, AFAR Media, 21 Oct. 2025
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Noun
The Rich Kids of Beverly Hills and Bling Empire star, 37, announced her nuptials to lawyer Brandon Yankowitz in a story with Elle.
—Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
The better story won a long time ago and froze into a myth with present-day repercussions.
—Elizabeth D. Samet, Foreign Affairs, 29 Oct. 2025
Verb
Rodgers obviously has storied history with the franchise that took him 24th overall in the 2005 NFL Draft.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2025
That creep factor, however, only added to the adventure element, although the highlights included more of the magical, such as the pink dolphins that never seemed too far away and the opportunity to get a glimpse of everyday life along this massive, storied South American waterway.
—Jeri Clausing, AFAR Media, 21 Oct. 2025
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Cite this Entry
“Story.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/story. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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story
2 of 2 noun
variants
also storey
ˈstōr-ē,
ˈstȯr-
plural stories also storeys
: a set of rooms or an area making up one floor level of a building
Etymology
Noun
Middle English storie "tale," from early French estoire, estorie (same meaning), from Latin historia "tale, history"
Noun
Middle English storie, from Latin historia "tale, illustration, story of a building," from earlier Latin, "tale, history"; probably so called from the use of narrative paintings on the window levels of medieval buildings
Biographical Definition
Story
2 of 2biographical name (2)
William Wetmore 1819–1895 son of Joseph Story American sculptor
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