story

story
noun
1 account of events/people, true or invented
ADJECTIVE
true
plausible
false, made-up

She told the police a false story about being attacked.

fictional, real-life
untold
published

his first published short story

apocryphal
cock and bull, tall (esp. BrE)

No one would believe such a tall story.

official

The official story was that the singer had broken his arm falling in the shower.

personal
wild
convincing
compelling, dramatic, exciting, fantastic, fascinating, good, great, interesting, intriguing, nice, touching, wonderful
amazing, bizarre, colourful/colorful, crazy (esp. AmE), extraordinary, incredible, outrageous, remarkable, strange
inspirational, inspiring
amusing, entertaining, feel-good, funny
epic

the epic story of a family's escape from war

complex, elaborate
straightforward
awful, horrific, horrifying, nasty, shocking, terrible, tragic
sorry (esp. BrE)

His life was a sorry story of betrayal and rejection.

depressing, heart-rending, moving, poignant, sad
well-known
familiar

the familiar story of a star who turns to drink and drugs

popular

There is one popular story in the town of a man-eating cat that lives in the forest.

life, success

She told them her life story.

coming-of-age, coming-out, rags-to-riches

The movie is the rags-to-riches story of a country girl who becomes a famous singer.

hard-luck, sob (both disapproving)

He was boring people with more of his hard-luck stories.

She gave me some sob story about losing her credit cards.

coherent

The movie lacks a coherent story.

entire, full, whole

I suspected he hadn't told us the whole story.

short

a collection of short stories

original

The screenplay sticks to the original story.

back (usually backstory)

The writers have to create backstories for their characters.

children's
classic
bedtime
adventure, Bible, biblical, crime, detective, fairy (esp. BrE), ghost, horror, love, spy, etc.
… OF STORIES
collection

a collection of stories by modern writers

VERB + STORY
hear
read (sb)

My dad sometimes read me a story at bedtime.

write
narrate, recount, relate, retell, tell (sb)
embellish, embroider
believe

The police didn't believe her story.

stick to

We must stick to our story about the accident.

change

At first he denied everything, but then he changed his story and said it was an accident.

share (with sb), swap

We swapped stories about our worst teachers.

spread
publish
STORY + VERB
circulate, go around, go round (esp. BrE), spread

A story was going around that the factory was in line for closure.

abound

Stories abound of vandalism and looting.

emerge
begin, open, start

The story opens with a man hiding from the police.

progress, unfold

The motives of the hero become clearer as the story unfolds.

end
be called sth, be entitled sth, be titled sth (esp. AmE)
be set in … 

The story is set in India in the 1930s.

be based on sth
concern sth, involve sth, revolve around sth
contain sth
illustrate sth

This story illustrates the dangers of living on credit.

STORY + NOUN
teller (usually storyteller)
telling (usually storytelling)
line (usually storyline)

His novels always have the same basic storyline.

PREPOSITION
according to a/the story
story about

a story about time travel

story of

the story of the Beatles

a story of moral redemption

PHRASES
a fragment of a/the story, a part of a/the story

We had difficulty in piecing together the fragments of her story.

the rest of the story
but that's another story

Many years later I returned to Africa—but that's another story (= I am not going to talk about it now).

(that's) a likely story (ironic)

He said he'd met Madonna. A likely story.

it's a long story

‘How come you only have one shoe on?’ ‘It's a long story.’

sb's half of the story, sb's side of the story

The teacher punished me without listening to my side of the story.

tell a different story

Antidepressants are widely believed to be effective medications. The data, however, tell a different story.

the moral of the story

The moral of this story is that you should never take things for granted.

the story goes (that … ) (= used to describe what people are saying although it may not be correct)

She never saw him again—or so the story goes.

the story of my life

Out of work with no money—that's the story of my life.

to cut a long story short, to make a long story short

Anyway, to cut a long story short (= not to give all the details), we had this argument and I haven't seen him since.

a version of a story

According to Rachel's version of the story, they threw the key in the river.

2 report in a newspaper, etc.
ADJECTIVE
big, huge (esp. AmE), top

The biggest story of the day was the signing of the peace agreement.

And now back to our top story tonight … 

exclusive
breaking (esp. AmE)

We'll have more on this breaking story as developments come in to us.

feature (AmE)

National Geographic ran a feature story on dinosaurs.

main
full

Full story on page 3.

scare

scare stories about the harmful effects of the vaccination

inside

The magazine gives the inside story of life in a rock band.

sensational
lurid, sordid

lurid stories of politicians' sexual adventures

cover, front-page, lead

The magazine chose the peace process as its cover story.

news
political
media, newspaper, wire (esp. AmE)
VERB + STORY
file, write

More than one correspondent filed a story about the incident.

carry, cover, print, publish, report, run

Every newspaper carried the story.

He's covering the story in Gaza for CNN.

follow

We will continue to follow this story and bring you the latest developments.

break (esp. AmE)

The New York Times broke the story and others picked it up.

STORY + VERB
break (esp. AmE)

The story broke in January.

PREPOSITION
story about, story of

the story of his arrest

3 (AmE) ⇨ See ↑storey

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  • Story — Sto ry, n.; pl. {Stories}. [OF. estor[ e], estor[ e]e, built, erected, p. p. of estorer to build, restore, to store. See {Store}, v. t.] A set of rooms on the same floor or level; a floor, or the space between two floors. Also, a horizontal… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Story — Sto ry, n. [OE. storie, OF. estoire, F. histoire, fr. L. historia. See {History}.] 1. A narration or recital of that which has occurred; a description of past events; a history; a statement; a record. [1913 Webster] One malcontent who did indeed… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Story — Sto ry, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Storied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Storying}.] To tell in historical relation; to make the subject of a story; to narrate or describe in story. [1913 Webster] How worthy he is I will leave to appear hereafter, rather than… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • story — STÓRY s.n. (Anglicism) Povestire sau istorisire (ecranizată). [< engl. story]. Trimis de LauraGellner, 13.09.2007. Sursa: DN  STÓRY s. n. inv. povestire (ecranizată). (< engl. story) Trimis de raduborza, 15.09.2007. Sursa: MDN …   Dicționar Român

  • Story — Sf Geschichte, Bericht erw. fremd. Erkennbar fremd (19. Jh.) Entlehnung. Entlehnt aus ne. story, dieses aus afrz. estoire, aus l. historia, aus gr. historía, eigentlich Kunde, Kenntnis , zu gr. hístōr wissend, kundig .    Ebenso nnorw. story;… …   Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache

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  • Story, WY — U.S. Census Designated Place in Wyoming Population (2000): 887 Housing Units (2000): 667 Land area (2000): 13.735136 sq. miles (35.573837 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.004788 sq. miles (0.012400 sq. km) Total area (2000): 13.739924 sq. miles… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Story — Story: Die Bezeichnung für »‹Kurz›geschichte, Erzählung« wurde im 20. Jh. aus gleichbed. engl. amerik. story (bzw. short story »Kurzgeschichte«) entlehnt. Dies steht mit anderer lautlicher Entwicklung neben history und geht wie dieses auf lat.… …   Das Herkunftswörterbuch

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