story
1. 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 (Freq. 36)
- his narrative was interesting
- Disney's stories entertain adults as well as children
• Syn:
narrative, narration, tale
• Derivationally related forms:
tell (for: tale), narrate (for: narration)
• Hypernyms:
message, content, subject matter, substance
• Hyponyms:
tearjerker, tall tale, folktale, folk tale, sob story,
sob stuff, fairytale, fairy tale, fairy story, nursery rhyme
• Instance Hyponyms:
Canterbury Tales
2. a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events (Freq. 14)
- he writes stories for the magazines
• Hypernyms:
fiction
• Hyponyms:
adventure story, heroic tale, mystery, mystery story, whodunit,
love story, romance, legend, fable, short story, parable,
allegory, apologue, myth, plot
• Part Meronyms:
climax, culmination, anticlimax, bathos
3. a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale (Freq. 7)
- what level is the office on?
• Syn:
floor, level, storey
• Hypernyms:
structure, construction
• Hyponyms:
basement, cellar, ground floor, first floor, ground level,
loft, attic, garret, mezzanine, mezzanine floor, entresol
• Part Holonyms:
building, edifice
4. a record or narrative description of past events (Freq. 3)
- a history of France
- he gave an inaccurate account of the plot to kill the president
- the story of exposure to lead
• Syn:
history, account, chronicle
• Derivationally related forms:
chronicle (for: chronicle), historic (for: history)
• Topics:
history
• Hypernyms:
record
• Hyponyms:
ancient history, etymology, case history, historical document, historical paper,
historical record, annals, chronological record, biography, life, life story,
life history, recital
5. a short account of the news (Freq. 2)
- the report of his speech
- the story was on the 11 o'clock news
- the account of his speech that was given on the evening news made the governor furious
• Syn:
report, news report, account, write up
• Derivationally related forms:
write up (for: write up), report (for: report)
• Hypernyms:
news
• Hyponyms:
newsletter, newssheet, bulletin, dispatch, despatch,
communique, urban legend, exclusive, scoop
6. a trivial lie (Freq. 1)
- he told a fib about eating his spinach
- how can I stop my child from telling stories?
• Syn:
fib, tale, tarradiddle, taradiddle
• Derivationally related forms:
fib (for: fib)
• Hypernyms:
lie, prevarication
• Hyponyms:
fairytale, fairy tale, fairy story, cock-and-bull story, song and dance
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