Meaning

2 senses
  1. (transitive)To tell as a story; to relate or narrate about.

  2. (ambitransitive, capitalized, sometimes)To post a story (chronological collection of pictures or short videos) on an application or website.

Examples

4128 sentences
  1. Everybody was interested in the story.

    Всі були зацікавлені цією історією. — deniko

    ruВсе были заинтересованы этой историей. — sharptoothed

    deJeden interessierte die Geschichte. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. This is a story about stars.

    Це історія про зірки. — Ahha

    ruЭто рассказ о звездах. — sharptoothed

    deDies ist eine Geschichte über Sterne. — Zaghawa

  3. I've written a lot of stories.

    Я написав багато оповідань. — deniko

    ruЯ написал много рассказов. — corvard

    deIch habe eine Menge Geschichten geschrieben. — Sudajaengi

  4. I also heard a similar story.

    Я теж чув схожу історію. — benutzer

    ruЯ тоже слышал похожую историю. — Gruzilkin

    deIch habe auch schon eine ähnliche Geschichte gehört. — pinky

  5. I can hardly believe his story.

    Мені складно повірити в його історію. — deniko

    ruЯ с трудом верю в его историю. — Lenin_1917

    deIch kann seine Geschichte kaum glauben. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Origin

From Middle English storie, storye, from Anglo-Norman estorie by aphesis, from Latin histo

From 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

stories, storying, storied, storied
Base formstory · to story
3rd person singularstories
Present participlestorying
Past simplestoried
Past participlestoried

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theystory
he, she, itstories

Past simpleLesson

all personsstoried

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave storied
he, she, ithas storied

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill story

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

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
story — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto