story
- In.tale
1) to narrate, tell a story
2) to carry, circulate, print, run a story (all the newspapers carried the story about the fire)
3) to edit; rewrite; write a story
4) to concoct, fabricate, invent, make up a story
5) to change, revise; embellish, embroider a story
6) to cover up, hush up, kill, suppress a story
7) a boring; charming; cock-and-bull, farfetched; coherent; complicated, involved; dirty, off-color, risque (risqué); funny, humorous; gripping; implausible; improbable; juicy; likely, plausible; long; sob; true; ugly; untold story
8) a bedtime, children's, fairy; detective; ghost; hard-luck; love story
9) a breaking ('very new'); cover; exclusive; feature; front-page; human-interest story; the inside story
10) conflicting stories (they told conflicting stories to the police)
11) a shaggy dog story ('a long rambling joke with an illogical punch line')
12) a short story ('a short prose narrative')
13) the whole story (who knows the whole story of the incident?)
14) a story breaks ('becomes known'); circulates
15) a story about, of (she told charming stories about her travels; to narrate gripping stories of wartime heroism)
16) a story that + clause (have you heard the story that she intends to resign?)
background information17) to get the (whole) story
misc.18) the police could not make a coherent story out of his ravings; a success story ('a successful career')
IIstorey n.floor levela lower; top; upper story
* * *['stɔːrɪ]children'scirculatescock-and-bullcoherentcomplicateddirtyembellishembroider a storyfabricatefairyfarfetchedfront-pagegrippinghard-luckhuman-interest storyhumoroushush upimplausibleinventjuicylove storymake up a storyoff-colorrewriterisquesuppress a storytell a storythe inside storyuglyuntold storyupper storywrite a storya success story ('a successful career')run a story (all the newspapers carried the story about the fire)of (she told charming storyries about her travels; to narrate gripping storyries of wartime heroism)['background information'] to get the (whole) story['floor level'] a lower['misc. '] the police could not make a coherent story out of his ravings['tale'] to narratea bedtimea boringa story aboutto carryto changeto concoctto cover upto edita shaggy dog story ('a long rambling joke with an illogical punch line')a short story ('a short prose narrative')a story breaks ('becomes known')a breaking ('very new')a story that + clause (have you heard the story that she intends to resign?)conflicting storyries (they told conflicting storyries to the police)the whole story (who knows the whole story of the incident?)
Combinatory dictionary. 2013.
Look at other dictionaries:
Story — bezeichnet als Anglizismus: einen Essay eine Erzählung eine Kurzgeschichte die Abfolge der Plots einer Filmproduktion: siehe insbesondere Storyboard, eine zeichnerische Version eines Drehbuchs oder die Visualisierung eines Konzeptes bzw. einer… … Deutsch Wikipedia
story — 1 *account, report, chronicle, version Analogous words: *history, chronicle, annals: relation, rehearsing, recital, recounting (see corresponding verbs at RELATE) 2 Story, narrative, tale, anecdote, yarn all denote a recital of happenings less… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
story — story1 [stôr′ē] n. pl. stories [ME storie < OFr estoire < L historia: see HISTORY] 1. the telling of a happening or connected series of happenings, whether true or fictitious; account; narration 2. an anecdote or joke 3. a) a fictitious… … English World dictionary
Story — Sto ry, n.; pl. {Stories}. [OF. estor[ e], estor[ e]e, built, erected, p. p. of estorer to build, restore, to store. See {Store}, v. t.] A set of rooms on the same floor or level; a floor, or the space between two floors. Also, a horizontal… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Story — Sto ry, n. [OE. storie, OF. estoire, F. histoire, fr. L. historia. See {History}.] 1. A narration or recital of that which has occurred; a description of past events; a history; a statement; a record. [1913 Webster] One malcontent who did indeed… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Story — Sto ry, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Storied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Storying}.] To tell in historical relation; to make the subject of a story; to narrate or describe in story. [1913 Webster] How worthy he is I will leave to appear hereafter, rather than… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
story — STÓRY s.n. (Anglicism) Povestire sau istorisire (ecranizată). [< engl. story]. Trimis de LauraGellner, 13.09.2007. Sursa: DN STÓRY s. n. inv. povestire (ecranizată). (< engl. story) Trimis de raduborza, 15.09.2007. Sursa: MDN … Dicționar Român
Story — Sf Geschichte, Bericht erw. fremd. Erkennbar fremd (19. Jh.) Entlehnung. Entlehnt aus ne. story, dieses aus afrz. estoire, aus l. historia, aus gr. historía, eigentlich Kunde, Kenntnis , zu gr. hístōr wissend, kundig . Ebenso nnorw. story;… … Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache
Story — Story, WY U.S. Census Designated Place in Wyoming Population (2000): 887 Housing Units (2000): 667 Land area (2000): 13.735136 sq. miles (35.573837 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.004788 sq. miles (0.012400 sq. km) Total area (2000): 13.739924 sq.… … StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places
Story, WY — U.S. Census Designated Place in Wyoming Population (2000): 887 Housing Units (2000): 667 Land area (2000): 13.735136 sq. miles (35.573837 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.004788 sq. miles (0.012400 sq. km) Total area (2000): 13.739924 sq. miles… … StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places
Story — Story: Die Bezeichnung für »‹Kurz›geschichte, Erzählung« wurde im 20. Jh. aus gleichbed. engl. amerik. story (bzw. short story »Kurzgeschichte«) entlehnt. Dies steht mit anderer lautlicher Entwicklung neben history und geht wie dieses auf lat.… … Das Herkunftswörterbuch
