1. A piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events
   "he writes stories for the magazines"
    
2. A written or spoken account of an act, occurrence or course of events
   "Disney's stories entertain adults as well as children";
   - narrative, narration, tale
    
3. [N. Amer] A structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale
   "Their apartment was on the third story";
   - floor, level, storey [Brit]
    
4. A record or narrative description of past events
   "the story of exposure to lead";
   - history, account, chronicle
    
5. A short account of the news
   "the story was on the 11 o'clock news";
   - report, news report, account, write up
    
6. A trivial lie
   "how can I stop my child from telling stories?";
   - fib [informal], tale, tarradiddle [informal], taradiddle [informal], porky [Brit, informal], porky pie [Brit, informal]

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Derived forms: stories

Type of: construction, content, fiction, lie[2], message, news, prevarication, record, structure, subject matter, substance

Part of: building, edifice

Encyclopedia: Story, Robert