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    This document defines the word "story" and provides its etymology. It has multiple definitions including: 1) an account of events, anecdote, fictional narrative, news article; 2) to adorn with a scene from history; 3) the space between floor levels in a building or set of rooms in that space, a unit of measure for building height; 4) the names of two people named Story. It traces the word back to Latin and discusses its first known uses in the 13th-15th centuries.

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    sto·ry | \ ˈstȯr-ē   \
    plural  stories
    Definition of story
     (Entry 1 of 5)
    1a: an account of incidents or events
    b: a statement regarding the facts pertinent to a situation in question
    c: ANECDOTEespecially : an amusing one
    2a: a fictional narrative shorter than a novelspecifically : SHORT STORY
    b: the intrigue or plot of a narrative or dramatic work
    3: a widely circulated rumor
    4: LIE, FALSEHOOD
    5: LEGEND, ROMANCE
    6: a news article or broadcast
    7: MATTER, SITUATION

    8archaic
    a: HISTORY SENSE 1
    b: HISTORY SENSE 3

    story
      verb
    storied; storying
    Definition of story (Entry 2 of 5)
    transitive verb
    1: to adorn with a story or a scene from history
    2archaic  : to narrate or describe in story

    story
      noun (2)
    \ ˈstȯr-ē   \
    variants: or less commonly  storey
    plural  stories  also  storeys
    Definition of story (Entry 3 of 5)
    1a: 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
    buildingone story high
    2: a horizontal division of a building's exterior not necessarily
    corresponding exactly with the stories within

    Story
      biographical name (1)
    Sto·ry | \ ˈstȯr-ē   \
    Definition of Story (Entry 4 of 5)
    Joseph 1779–1845 American jurist

    Story
      biographical name (2)
    Definition of Story (Entry 5 of 5)
    William Wetmore 1819–1895 son of  Joseph Story American sculptor

    Other Words from story

    Noun (1)

    storylike \ ˈstȯr-ē-ˌlīk   \ or  story-like adjective


     storylike narratives
    First Known Use of story

    Noun (1)

    13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 8a

    Verb

    15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2

    Noun (2)

    14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

    History and Etymology for story

    Noun (1)

    Middle English storie, from Anglo-French estoire, estorie, from


    Latin historia — more at HISTORY

    Noun (2)

    Middle English storie, from Medieval Latin historia narrative,


    illustration, story of a building, from Latin, history, tale; probably from
    narrative friezes on the window level of medieval buildings

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    From the Editors at Merriam-Webster

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    a long story
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    another thing/matter/story

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    “Story.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster,
    https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/story. Accessed 12 Sep.
    2021.
    Style: MLA

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