Definition of "story" in English

Noun

1. An account of real or fictional events.

   • The book tells the story of two roommates.

2. A lie, fiction.

   • You’ve been telling stories again, haven’t you?

3. A soap opera.

   • What will she do without being able to watch her stories?

4. History.

5. 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.
   • The images it captured help tell a story of extreme loss: 25 percent of its ice and four of its 19 glaciers have disappeared since 1957.

6. 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.

7. Ellipsis of user story.

Verb

1. To tell as a story; to relate or narrate about.

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

Interjection

1. Used as a greeting, short for what's the story?

Noun

1. Alternative spelling of storey.

   • Our shop was on the fourth story of the building, so we had to install an elevator.