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noun/ˈstɔː.ɹi//ˈstɔɹ.i//ˈstoː.ɹi/
  1. 1

    An account of real or fictional events.

    • The book tells the story of two roommates.
    • 1861 June, Edinburgh Review, The Kingdom of Italy Venice, with its unique city and its impressive story...
  2. 2

    A lie, fiction.

    • You’ve been telling stories again, haven’t you?
  3. 3

    A soap opera.UScolloquial

    • What will she do without being able to watch her stories?
  4. 4

    History.obsolete

    • […] who is so unread or so uncatechis'd in story, that hath not heard of many sects refusing books as a hindrance, and preserving their doctrine unmixt for many ages, only by unwritt'n traditions.
  5. 5

    A sequence of events, or a situation, such as might be related in an account.

    • What's the story with him?
    • I tried it again; same story, no error message, nothing happened.
  6. 6

    A chronological collection of pictures or short videos published by a user on an application or website that is typically only available for a short period.capitalizedsometimes

    • Worshippers in Mecca are streaming their stories live on Snapchat, opening up the Saudi city to non-Muslims online.
    • People can make stories public or private, and can choose if they want only a subsection of their followers to view them.
  7. 7

    Ellipsis of user story.abbreviationalt-ofellipsis

verb/ˈstɔː.ɹi//ˈstɔɹ.i//ˈstoː.ɹi/
  1. 1

    To tell as a story; to relate or narrate about.transitive

    • How worthy he is I will leave to appear hereafter, rather than story him in his own hearing.
    • It is storied of the brazen colossus in Rhodes, that it was seventy cubits high.
  2. 2

    To post a story (chronological collection of pictures or short videos) on an application or website.ambitransitivecapitalizedsometimes

    • But Portman, quite self-deprecating about her social-media savvy, says she . . . isn’t quite fully at ease yet with the world of double-taps and geotags and storying.
intj/ˈstɔː.ɹi//ˈstɔɹ.i//ˈstoː.ɹi/
  1. 1

    Used as a greeting, short for what's the story?Irelandidiomatic

    • *Any non-Irish person should be aware that it is not necessary to take the question literally i.e. one shouldn't start to explain your life story when greeted with 'What's the story?' rather they should respond in kind e.g. Greeting: 'What'
noun/ˈstɔː.ɹi//ˈstɔɹ.i//ˈstoː.ɹi/
  1. 1

    Alternative spelling of storey.PhilippinesUSalt-of

    • Our shop was on the fourth story of the building, so we had to install an elevator.

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