story
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‘story’
A story is a description of imaginary people and events, written or told in order to entertain people. The plural of story is stories.
Tell me a story.
Her stories about the boy wizard have sold millions of copies.
A description of a series of real events can also be called a story.
We sold the story of the expedition to the Daily Express.
In American English, a story is also one of the floors or levels in a building.
The house was four stories high.
‘storey’
In British English, one of these floors is called a storey.
The house was three storeys high.
➜ See storey - floor