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Senses of "story"
From Princeton's WordNet (a lexical database)

The noun "story" has 6 senses in WordNet.

  1. narration, narrative, story, tale, yarn, recital -- (an account describing incidents or events; "after dinner he told the children stories of his adventures")
  2. story -- (a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events; "he writes stories for the magazines")
  3. 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?")
  4. 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")
  5. 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")
  6. 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:

  1. 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")
  2. 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")
  3. 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)
  4. 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")
  5. 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")
  6. 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)