story
An account of real or fictional eventsAn account of real or fictional events.
» Everybody was interested in the story.
Jeden interessierte die Geschichte.
Все были заинтересованы этой историей.
Всі були зацікавлені цією історією.
Ця історія була цікава всім.
Meaning
6 sensesAn 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...
Erzählung, Geschichte
расска́зrasskáz, по́вестьpóvestʹ, исто́рияistórija
о́повідьópovidʹ, ро́зповідьrózpovidʹ, істо́ріяistórija
a short account of the news
A lie, fiction.
You’ve been telling stories again, haven’t you?
a trivial lie
(US, colloquial)A soap opera.
What will she do without being able to watch her stories?
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.
a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events
(capitalized, sometimes)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.
исто́рияistórija
істо́ріяistórija
(obsolete)History.
Examples
4128 sentencesEverybody was interested in the story.
Всі були зацікавлені цією історією.
ruВсе были заинтересованы этой историей.
deJeden interessierte die Geschichte.
This is a story about stars.
Це історія про зірки.
ruЭто рассказ о звездах.
deDies ist eine Geschichte über Sterne.
I've written a lot of stories.
Я написав багато оповідань.
ruЯ написал много рассказов.
deIch habe eine Menge Geschichten geschrieben.
I also heard a similar story.
Я теж чув схожу історію.
ruЯ тоже слышал похожую историю.
deIch habe auch schon eine ähnliche Geschichte gehört.
I can hardly believe his story.
Мені складно повірити в його історію.
ruЯ с трудом верю в его историю.
deIch kann seine Geschichte kaum glauben.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English storie, storye, from Anglo-Norman estorie by aphesis, from Latin histoFrom Middle English storie, storye, from Anglo-Norman estorie by aphesis, from Latin historia, from Ancient Greek ῐ̔στορῐ́ᾱ (hĭstorĭ́ā, “learning through research”). Doublet of history and storey.
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Forms
plural: storiesSynonyms
68 synonyms- a trivial lie:fibtaletarradiddletaradiddle
- a short account of the news:reportnews reportaccountwrite up
- a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program:narrativenarrationtale
- a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale:floorlevelstorey
- a record or narrative description of past events:historyaccountchronicle
Word family
94 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A2Say, tell, speak or talk — Because the lesson uses it
Collocations
12 patterns- the whole story
- of the story
- an interesting story
- story is true
- whole story
- interesting story
- bedtime story
- a bedtime story
- a funny story
- the story is
- funny story
- this story is