story

n. true or fictional account of some occurrence; short work of fiction; plot; news report; joke, anecdote; lie, fib; floor, level in a building

Story can mean:A sequence of eventsA narrative, more specifically:A piece of literature (also known as a tale):Novel or specifically, an epistolary novelShort story or a novellaFrame tale, a narrative techniqueFable, fairy tale or tall talePlay, usually consisting chiefly of dialog between charactersAnecdote, a brief tale narrating an interesting or amusing biographical incidentA branching narrative, such as in a gamebook or certain video gamesBedtime story, an entertaining or instructive, soporific, and often extemporaneous tale for a childUrban legendPlot, the underlying structure holding a narrative together (also in the context of movies)An essay or news article, in journalism slangOrganization story, in organization studies, is fragmented, collectively enacted, and co-constructedUser story is a way of illustrating software requirements, often used in extreme programmingA depiction of historyIn older American slang, a soap opera, (e.g., “I’ll talk to you later; my story is on.”)A happening in real lifeAlong with parable, a basic principle or pattern of the human mind
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Noun
1. 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; "his narrative was interesting"; "Disney's stories entertain adults as well as children"
(synonym) narrative, narration, tale
(hypernym) message, content, subject matter, substance
(hyponym) tearjerker
2. a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events; "he writes stories for the magazines"
(hypernym) fiction
(hyponym) adventure story, heroic tale
(part-meronym) climax, culmination
3. structure consisting of a room or set of rooms comprising a single level of a multilevel building; "what level is the office on?"
(synonym) floor, level, storey
(hypernym) structure, construction
(hyponym) basement, cellar
(part-holonym) building, edifice
4. a record or narrative description of past events; "a history of France"; "he gave an inaccurate account of the plot to kill the president"; "the story of exposure to lead"
(synonym) history, account, chronicle
(hypernym) record
(hyponym) ancient history
(classification) history
5. a short account of the news; "the report of his speech"; "the story was on the 11 o'clock news"; "the account of his speech that was given on the evening news made the governor furious"
(synonym) report, news report, account, write up
(hypernym) news
(hyponym) newsletter, newssheet
6. a trivial lie; "he told a fib about eating his spinach"; "how can I stop my child from telling stories?"
(synonym) fib, tale, tarradiddle, taradiddle
(hypernym) lie, prevarication
(hyponym) fairytale, fairy tale, fairy story, cock-and-bull story, song and dance

n. story, tale

(v. t.)
To tell in historical relation; to make the subject of a story; to narrate or describe in story.
  

(v. t.)
A set of rooms on the same floor or level; a floor, or the space between two floors. Also, a horizontal division of a building's exterior considered architecturally, which need not correspond exactly with the stories within.
  

(n.)
The relation of an incident or minor event; a short narrative; a tale; especially, a fictitious narrative less elaborate than a novel; a short romance.
  

(n.)
A narration or recital of that which has occurred; a description of past events; a history; a statement; a record.
  

(n.)
A euphemism or child's word for "a lie;" a fib; as, to tell a story.