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Senses of "story"
From Princeton's WordNet
(a lexical database)
The noun "story" has 6 senses in WordNet.
- narration, narrative, story, tale, yarn, recital -- (an account describing incidents or
events; "after dinner he told the children stories of his adventures")
- story -- (a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events; "he writes stories
for the magazines")
- floor, level, storey, story -- (a room or set of rooms comprising a single level of a
multi-level building; "what level is the office on?")
- history, account, chronicle, story -- (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")
- report, news report, story, account, write up -- (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")
- fib, story, tale, tarradiddle, taradiddle -- (a trivial lie; "he told a fib about eating his
spinach"; "how can I stop my child from telling stories?")
Coordinate (related) terms for each sense of "story" are:
- narration, narrative, story, tale, yarn, recital -- (an account describing incidents or events; "after dinner he told the children stories of his adventures")
- -> report, account -- (the act of informing by verbal report; "he heard reports that they were causing trouble"; "by all accounts they were a happy couple")
- => indirect discourse -- (a report of a discourse in which deictic terms are modified appropriately (e.g., `he said `I am a fool'' would be modified to `he said he is a fool'))
- => direct discourse, direct quotation -- (a report of the exact words used in a discourse; e.g., `he said "I am a fool"')
- => debriefing -- (report of a mission or task)
- => anecdote -- (short account of an incident (especially a biographical one))
- => narration, narrative, story, tale, yarn, recital -- (an account describing incidents or events; "after dinner he told the children stories of his adventures")
- => gossip, comment, scuttlebutt -- (a report (often malicious) about the doings of other people; "the divorce caused much gossip")
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story -- (a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events; "he writes stories for the magazines")
- -> fiction -- (a literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact)
- => novel -- (a extended fictional work in prose; usually in the form of a story)
- => fantasy, phantasy -- (fiction with a large amount of fantasy in it; "she made a lot of money writing romantic fantasies")
- => story -- (a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events; "he writes stories for the magazines")
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floor, level, storey, story -- (a room or set of rooms comprising a single level of a multi-level building; "what level is the office on?")
- -> structure, construction -- (a thing constructed; a complex construction or entity; "the structure consisted of a series of arches"; "she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons")
- => altar -- (a raised structure on which gifts or sacrifices to a god are made)
- => (more of these, not listed)
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history, account, chronicle, story -- (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")
- -> record -- (anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph) providing permanent evidence of or information about past events; "the film provided a valuable record of stage techniques")
- => written record, written account -- (a written document preserving knowledge of facts or events)
- => memorabilia -- (a record of things worth remembering)
- => stub, check stub, counterfoil -- (the part of a check that is retained as a record)
- => file, data file -- (a set of related records (either written or electronic) kept together)
- => history, account, chronicle, story -- (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")
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report, news report, story, account, write up -- (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")
- -> news -- (information reported in a newspaper or news magazine; "the news of my death was greatly exaggerated")
- => report, news report, story, account, write up -- (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")
- => newscast -- (a broadcast of news)
- => coverage, reporting, reportage -- (the news as presented by reporters for newspapers or radio of television; "they accused the paper of biased coverage of race relations")
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fib, story, tale, tarradiddle, taradiddle -- (a trivial lie; "he told a fib about eating his spinach"; "how can I stop my child from telling stories?")
- -> lie, prevarication -- (a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth)
- => fib, story, tale, tarradiddle, taradiddle -- (a trivial lie; "he told a fib about eating his spinach"; "how can I stop my child from telling stories?")
- => jactitation -- (a false boast that can harm others; especially a false claim to be married to someone (formerly actionable at law))
- => whopper -- (a gross untruth)
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