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    This document defines the word "story" and provides various meanings and uses. It can refer to an account of events, a fictional narrative shorter than a novel, a widely spread rumor, or a lie. A story can also be a news report, situation, or historical event. When used as a verb, it means to decorate or narrate with a story or scene from history. As a noun, a story can refer to the space between floor levels in a building, a set of rooms in that space, or a measure of a building's height. It can also describe an exterior horizontal division of a building.

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    This document defines the word "story" and provides various meanings and uses. It can refer to an account of events, a fictional narrative shorter than a novel, a widely spread rumor, or a lie. A story can also be a news report, situation, or historical event. When used as a verb, it means to decorate or narrate with a story or scene from history. As a noun, a story can refer to the space between floor levels in a building, a set of rooms in that space, or a measure of a building's height. It can also describe an exterior horizontal division of a building.

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    An Account of Incidents or Events

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    zask shi
    This document defines the word "story" and provides various meanings and uses. It can refer to an account of events, a fictional narrative shorter than a novel, a widely spread rumor, or a lie. A story can also be a news report, situation, or historical event. When used as a verb, it means to decorate or narrate with a story or scene from history. As a noun, a story can refer to the space between floor levels in a building, a set of rooms in that space, or a measure of a building's height. It can also describe an exterior horizontal division of a building.

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    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
    4
    : LIE, FALSEHOOD
    5
    : LEGEND, ROMANCE
    6
    : a news article or broadcast
    7
    : MATTER, SITUATION
    8
    archaic
    a
    : HISTORY SENSE 1
    b
    : HISTORY SENSE 3
    storylike 
    ˈstȯr-ē-ˌlīk 
     adjective
     or story-like
    storylike narratives

    story
    2 of 3

    verb
    storied; storying
    transitive verb
    1
    : to adorn with a story or a scene from history
    2
    archaic : to narrate or describe in story

    story
    3 of 3

    noun (2)
    ˈstȯr-ē 
    variants or less commonly storey
    pluralstories 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

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