STORY
What does "STORY" mean?
An account of imaginary or real people and events told for entertainment.
Meanings
- A narrative of connected events, real or invented, told to inform or entertain. Grandpa told us the same story every Christmas.
- A news report or article. The paper ran the story on its front page.
- A single horizontal level or floor of a building (also spelled 'storey' in British English). The old hotel was five stories tall.
- A lie or false excuse. Don't tell me stories - where were you really? informal
Did you know?
- 'Story' and 'history' are the same Latin word, 'historia'. Even the building 'story' likely traces back to it - from medieval rows of windows that pictured historical scenes, one row per floor.
Word origin
From Anglo-French 'estorie' and Latin 'historia', meaning a narrative or account, the same root that gives us 'history'.
Remember it
STORY contains 'tor' - imagine a tower with a tale on each story (floor).
A little poem
Once upon a breath, the room leans in;
a child forgets the dark, the clock, the rain-
and someone, somewhere, learns to live again.
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Wordplay
- The architect's autobiography was a real page-turner: it had so many stories.
What it teaches
A life is just events until someone tells it as a story; meaning is the shape we give the facts.
Quick facts
What does STORY mean?
An account of imaginary or real people and events told for entertainment.
Is STORY a valid word?
Yes — STORY is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is STORY?
STORY has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does STORY come from?
From Anglo-French 'estorie' and Latin 'historia', meaning a narrative or account, the same root that gives us 'history'.
What can STORY teach us?
A life is just events until someone tells it as a story; meaning is the shape we give the facts.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.