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Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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intj
Used as a greeting, short for what's the story?
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Ireland, idiomatic
Qualifier: Dublin
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name
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
An unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Arkansas, United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
An unincorporated community in Van Buren Township, Brown County, Indiana.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
A ghost town in St. Clair County, Missouri.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
An unincorporated community in Sioux County, Nebraska.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
A census-designated place in Sheridan County, Wyoming.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
An account of real or fictional events.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Synonyms: tome
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noun
A lie, fiction.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Synonyms: alternative fact, anti-fact, invention, bluff, bollocks, bullshit, canard, cap, chin, clanker, contradiction, cram, disinformation, fabrication, falsehood, falsification, fib, flam, goof, hoax, hummer, inveracity, inverity, jive, lie, load of bull, load of crap, load of shit, mendacity, misinformation, mistruth, nonsense, nontruth, pile of crap, pile of shit, pork pie, porker, porky, prevarication, red flag, rubbish, story, swack-up, tall tale, terminological inexactitude, untruism, untruth, whopper, wisker, yanker, yed
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A soap opera.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, colloquial
Qualifier: usually pluralized
Synonyms: serial
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noun
History.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
A sequence of events, or a situation, such as might be related in an account.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Synonyms: narrative
Antonyms: none provided
noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: capitalized, sometimes
Qualifier: social media
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Synonyms: my day
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Ellipsis of user story.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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noun
Alternative spelling of storey.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Philippines, US, alt-of, alternative
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verb
To tell as a story; to relate or narrate about.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
To post a story (chronological collection of pictures or short videos) on an application or website.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ambitransitive, capitalized, sometimes
Qualifier: social media
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noun
a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: floor, level, storey
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: structure, construction
Narrower terms: basement, cellar, ground floor, first floor, ground level, loft, attic, garret, mezzanine, mezzanine floor, entresol
noun
a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: fiction
Narrower terms: adventure story, heroic tale, mystery, mystery story, whodunit, love story, romance, legend, fable, short story, parable, allegory, apologue, myth, plot
noun
a record or narrative description of past events
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: history, account, chronicle
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: record
Narrower terms: ancient history, etymology, case history, historical document, historical paper, historical record, annals, chronological record, biography, life, life story, life history, recital
noun
a short account of the news
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: report, news report, account, write up
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: news
Narrower terms: newsletter, newssheet, bulletin, dispatch, despatch, communique, urban legend, exclusive, scoop
noun
a trivial lie
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: fib, tale, tarradiddle, taradiddle
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: lie, prevarication
Narrower terms: fairytale, fairy tale, fairy story, cock-and-bull story, song and dance
noun
a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: narrative, narration, tale
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: message, content, subject matter, substance
Narrower terms: tearjerker, tall tale, folktale, folk tale, sob story, sob stuff, fairytale, fairy tale, fairy story, nursery rhyme, Canterbury Tales
History
Alternative form of what's the story (“how are you?”)
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Indo-European *wéydtōr Proto-Hellenic *wístōr Ancient Greek ἵστωρ (hístōr) Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh1ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh1yeti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Ancient Greek -έω (-éō) Ancient Greek ῐ̔στορέω (hĭstoréō) Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh2 Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek ἱστορία (historía)bor. Latin historiader. Old French estoire Old French estoriebor. Middle English storie English story From Middle English storie, storye, from Anglo-Norman estorie by aphesis, from Latin historia, from Ancient Greek ῐ̔στορῐ́ᾱ (hĭstorĭ́ā, “learning through research”). Doublet of history and storey.
Across languages
289 source translations are retained for this English entry.
