Thesaurus: story

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1. v. t. A set of rooms on the same floor or level; a floor, or the space between two floors. Also, a horizontal division of a building's exterior considered architecturally, which need not correspond exactly with the stories within.
2. n. A narration or recital of that which has occurred; a description of past events; a history; a statement; a record.
3. n. The relation of an incident or minor event; a short narrative; a tale; especially, a fictitious narrative less elaborate than a novel; a short romance.
4. n. A word/euphemism">euphemism or child's word for "a lie;" a fib; as, to tell a story.
5. v. t. To tell in historical relation; to make the subject of a story; to narrate or describe in story.
6. n. 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
7. n. a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events
8. n. a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale
9. n. a record or narrative description of past events
10. n. a short account of the news
11. n. a trivial lie