Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A complete horizontal division of a building, constituting the area between two adjacent levels.
- noun The set of rooms on the same level of a building.
- noun An account or recital of an event or a series of events, either true or fictitious, as.
- noun An account or report regarding the facts of an event or group of events.
- noun An anecdote.
- noun A lie.
- noun A usually fictional prose or verse narrative intended to interest or amuse the hearer or reader; a tale.
- noun A short story.
- noun The plot of a narrative or dramatic work.
- noun A news article or broadcast.
- noun Something viewed as or providing material for a literary or journalistic treatment.
- noun The background information regarding something.
- noun Romantic legend or tradition.
- transitive verb To decorate with scenes representing historical or legendary events.
- transitive verb Archaic To tell as a story.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Middle English storie, story, from Medieval Latin historia, picture, story (probably from painted windows or sculpture on the front of buildings), from Latin, history; see history.]
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Middle English storie, from Old French estorie, estoire, from Latin historia; see history.]
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