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Noun
/ˈstôrē/,
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stories, plural;
  1. A part of a building comprising all the rooms that are on the same level
    • - a three-story building
  1. narrative: a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program; "his narrative was interesting"; "Disney's stories entertain adults as well as children"
  2. a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events; "he writes stories for the magazines"
  3. floor: a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale; "what level is the office on?"
  4. history: 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: 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: a trivial lie; "he told a fib about eating his spinach"; "how can I stop my child from telling stories?"
  7. Story: 10th Anniversary is a "best of" compilation by Finnish heavy metal band Amorphis. It was released in 2000 to commemorate the band's tenth anniversary.
  8. Story County is a county in the U.S. state of Iowa. It is part of the 'Ames, Iowa, Metropolitan Statistical Area' which encompasses all of Story County, Iowa and which, when combined with the 'Boone, Iowa Micropolitan Statistical Area' comprises the larger 'Ames-Boone, Iowa Combined Statistical ...
  9. Story was a magazine founded in 1931 by journalist-editor Whit Burnett and his first wife, Martha Foley, in Vienna, Austria. ...
  10. The B-Side Collection, released on December 18, 2007, is a compilation of seven songs recorded by pop rock band Maroon 5 that were not included in their second studio album, It Won't Be Soon Before Long. The album peaked at #51 in the U.S. Billboard 200 in its first week of release.
  11. The distinguished surname Story (and its variant spelling Storey) originates from the Old Norse personal epithet “Stóri”, a derivative of “Storr” which means “large” or “big”. Even though it has been established that the root of the name is “Storr”, R.E.K. ...
  12. A Story is an album by Yoko Ono, recorded in 1974, during the "lost weekend" sessions in which John Lennon produced Walls And Bridges. The album went unreleased until the 1992 box set Onobox, which featured material from A Story on disc six. ...
  13. An account of real or fictional events; A lie; A floor or level of a building (mainly US - see storey); A soap opera
  14. (Stories) as well as conversations, are a strong theme in blogging. Anecdotes, bits of gossip and longer narratives work particularly well on blogs if they have a personal angle. It helps others get to know the blogger – and helps the blogger find and extend their voice.
  15. (Stories) Floors or levels in a building, not including basements. When the building is a split level, the larger number of stories is used.
  16. (STORIES) Maharaji often speaks in parables, fables and stories in his ‘Satsang’ discourse. Histories range from lame poo jokes, to borrowed Zen parables to tales from Hans Christian Anderson and Aesop. ...
  17. (Stories) (Inkblot Publications, 1984)
  18. (Stories) (with Jean Stafford, Daniel Fuchs, and William Maxwell) (1956)
  19. (Stories) Brief retellings of famous stories from legend and lore with accompanying illustrations engage young readers and encourage further language exploration.
  20. (Stories) Each textbook includes four related high-interest, nonfiction stories that together teach a total of 24 high-quality target vocabulary words. ...
  21. (Stories) I don't really want to talk about my time serving Lord Francisco, maybe some other time.
  22. (Stories) The number of above-ground floors associated with a structure.
  23. (Stories) plainly reveal that God works in and through “material” – through “stuff.” Stories help us to see that truth is more than “mind candy” but is meant to be embodied – the incarnation of God in Christ is the supreme demonstration of this.
  24. (stories) a particularly coherent aspect of organizational symbolism. Stories dramatize specific organizational events; they assemble a cast of characters and a plot, and frequently have a functional purpose, such as controlling uncertainty, or enabling complex decisions to be taken.
  25. Are games stories? On the one hand, most stories are linear, while games tend to be more dynamic. On the other hand, most games have some kind of story or narrative in them; we even have professional story writers that work on multi-million-dollar video game projects. ...