Definitions for stories

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stories sto·ry

Spelling: [stawr-ee, stohr-ee]

IPA: /ˈstɔr i, ˈstoʊr i/

Stories is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 199 anagrams from letters in stories (eiorsst).

Definitions for stories

noun

1. a narrative, either true or fictitious, in prose or verse, designed to interest, amuse, or instruct the hearer or reader; tale.
2. a fictitious tale, shorter and less elaborate than a novel.
3. such narratives or tales as a branch of literature:
4. the plot or succession of incidents of a novel, poem, drama, etc.:
5. a narration of an incident or a series of events or an example of these that is or may be narrated, as an anecdote, joke, etc.
6. a narration of the events in the life of a person or the existence of a thing, or such events as a subject for narration:
7. a report or account of a matter; statement or allegation:
8. news story.
9. a lie or fabrication:
10. Obsolete. history.
11. a complete horizontal section of a building, having one continuous or practically continuous floor.
12. the set of rooms on the same floor or level of a building.
13. any major horizontal architectural division, as of a façade or the wall of a nave.
14. a layer.

verb (used with object)

1. to ornament with pictured scenes, as from history or legend.
2. Obsolete. to tell the history or story of.

Origin of stories

1175-1225; Middle English storie Anglo-French estorie Latin historia history

Examples for stories

All the houses were of two stories, of which the upper was open on the sides, and used for sleeping.

And the amount of stories Mark, with all his contemplativeness could swallow, was amazing.

All the stories of that country, like the trails, seemed to run into one another.

“I think the types of stories we do are very similar to what happened with hip-hop,” says Jones.

Throughout all the stories of loss and pain with the Chief, there was barely a trace of emotion.

Petty, shade, and thirst are my favorite human “virtues” and the trifecta of any good series of “stories.”

All these stories are obviously alike, but we judge them very differently.

The sheep-dealer thought of the stories he had heard of lost or stolen children.

And there are other stories DuVernay could have told and still met her (relatively) modest budget of $20 million.

All of my stories are about people trying hard not to grow up.