story

Definitions

General English

  • noun a

    description

    that

    tells things that did not

    really

    happen but are invented by

    someone

  • noun a

    description

    that

    tells

    what

    really

    happened

Construction

  • That part of a building between the upper surface of a

    floor

    and the upper surface of the floor above.

    building codes

    differ in designations applied when a part of a story is below grade.
  • A major

    division

    in the height of a building even when created by

    architectural

    features, such as windows, rather than

    horizontal

    divisions. For example, an

    area

    may be two stories high.

Media Studies

  • noun a report in the

    news

    of something that has happened
  • noun a subject or material for a

    news

    report

Origin & History of “story”

Story comes via Anglo-

Norman

estorie

from

Latin historia ‘account of events, narrative, history’ (source

also

of

English

history and storey). It originally retained the senses ‘factual account of

past

events’ and ‘past events in general’, but

since

the 17th century

these

have

gradually been taken over by history, and the use of story has been concentrated

more

on ‘fictional narratives’.
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