story

noun

1. An account of real or fictional events.

   “The book tells the story of two roommates.”

   “...it must be exploded for fabulous, with other relics of ancient story...”

   “1861 June, Edinburgh Review, The Kingdom of Italy Venice, with its unique city and its impressive story...”

   “The stories did not seem to me to touch life. They were plainly intended to have a bracing moral effect, and perhaps had this result for the people at whom they were aimed. They left me with the impression of a well-delivered stereopticon lecture, with characters about as life-like as the shadows on the screen, and whisking on and off, at the mercy of the operator.”

   “So, what happened? It's quite a long story actually... Really? Don't worry about it then.”

2. A lie, fiction.

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

3. (US, colloquial)A soap opera.

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

   “He stood on the doorstep for a minute, listening for sounds inside the house — a radio, a TV tuned to one of the stories […]”

4. (obsolete)History.

   “[…] who is so unread or so uncatechis'd in story, that hath not heard of many sects refusing books as a hindrance, and preserving their doctrine unmixt for many ages, only by unwritt'n traditions.”

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. (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.

   “Worshippers in Mecca are streaming their stories live on Snapchat, opening up the Saudi city to non-Muslims online.”

   “People can make stories public or private, and can choose if they want only a subsection of their followers to view them.”

   “I have come across a few (OK, two) Stories that have made me laugh. And when that happens, the medium frustrates even more with its fleetingness. But here’s hoping the Instagram Stories on my feed improve as time goes by. The End.”

   “While it might seem harmless to sneak the occasional peek at their Story or see what they’ve been watching on Netflix, Fortin says you’re leaving yourself open to “potentially stressful situations that may come at a time when you're gaining momentum in your progress.” Think about it—if their number isn’t blocked, you’ll jump at each noti wondering if it’s them.”

7. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis)Ellipsis of user story.
8. (Philippines, US, alt-of, alternative)Alternative spelling of storey.

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

   “The lower story of the market-house was open on all four of its sides to the public square.”

   “An astonishing proportion of village people had replaced their old houses with new ones built of better materials, often two stories high.”

   “The Wooden Pagoda in Ying County of Shanxi, built 1,000 years ago, has nine stories and is 234 feet high.”

verb

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

   “How worthy he is I will leave to appear hereafter, rather than story him in his own hearing.”

   “It is storied of the brazen colossus in Rhodes, that it was seventy cubits high.”

   “The further claim is that we create or invent the self specifically by “writing” and “storying” it.”

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

   “But Portman, quite self-deprecating about her social-media savvy, says she . . . isn’t quite fully at ease yet with the world of double-taps and geotags and storying.”

   “I hereby argue that the only thing that would make these mini Friends reunions truly complete would be contributions from Aniston herself, who decidedly does not have an Instagram page. Imagine the content possibilities: Aniston looking flawless and chic by the pool; Aniston Storying herself shopping at Gelson’s; […]”

intj

1. (Ireland, idiomatic)Used as a greeting, short for what's the story?

   “*Any non-Irish person should be aware that it is not necessary to take the question literally i.e. one shouldn't start to explain your life story when greeted with 'What's the story?' rather they should respond in kind e.g. Greeting: 'What's the story?' Response: 'What's the story?' There are several variations on the theme, the most popular being 'What's the story, bud?' or the pithy : 'Story, bud?' or the pithier still 'Story?'”

name

1. A surname.
2. An unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Arkansas, United States.
3. An unincorporated community in Van Buren Township, Brown County, Indiana.
4. A ghost town in St. Clair County, Missouri.
5. An unincorporated community in Sioux County, Nebraska.
6. A census-designated place in Sheridan County, Wyoming.