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story `noun` [ ˈstɔːri ]

• an account of imaginary or real people and events told for entertainment.

• "an adventure story"

Similar: tale, narrative, account, recital, anecdote, chronicle, history, yarn, spiel,

• an account of past events in someone's life or in the development of something.

• "the story of modern farming"

• the commercial prospects or circumstances of a particular company.

• "the investors' flight to profitable businesses with solid stories"

Origin: Middle English (denoting a historical account or representation): shortening of Anglo-Norman French estorie, from Latin historia (see history).

story `noun`

• variant spelling of storey.

storey `noun`

• a part of a building comprising all the rooms that are on the same level.

• "a three-storey building"

Similar: floor, level, tier, flight, deck, piano nobile, mezzanine, entresol,

Origin: late Middle English: shortening of Latin historia ‘history, story’, a special use in Anglo-Latin, perhaps originally denoting a tier of painted windows or sculptures on the front of a building (representing a historical subject).

but that's another story

• used after raising a matter to indicate that one does not want to expand on it for now.

it's a long story

• used to indicate that, for now, one does not want to talk about something that is too painful or complicated.

the story of one's life

• used as a resigned acknowledgement that one has experienced a particular misfortune too often.
"I'm just misunderstood—that's the story of my life"

the story goes

• it is said or rumoured.
"the story goes that he's fallen out with his friends"

to cut a long story short

• used to end an account of events quickly.
"to cut a long story short, I married Stephen"

story noun [ ˈstɔːri ]

story noun

storey noun