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Words related to story

Related / Similar Words: floor, level, storey, history, account, chronicle, report, news report, write up, fib, tale, tarradiddle, taradiddle, narrative, narration

Definition:

structure consisting of a room or set of rooms comprising a single level of a multilevel building; "what level is the office on?";

a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events; "he writes stories for the magazines";

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";

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";

a trivial lie; "he told a fib about eating his spinach"; "how can I stop my child from telling stories?";

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";

Hyponyms: basement, cellar, ground floor, first floor, ground level, loft, attic, garret, mezzanine, mezzanine floor, adventure story, heroic tale, mystery, mystery story, whodunit, love story, romance, legend, fable, short story, parable, allegory, apologue, myth, plot, ancient history, etymology, case history, historical document, historical paper, historical record, annals, chronological record, biography, life, life story, life history, recital, newsletter, newssheet, bulletin, dispatch, despatch, communique, exclusive, scoop, fairytale, fairy tale, fairy story, cock-and-bull story, song and dance, tearjerker, Canterbury Tales, tall tale, folktale, folk tale, sob story, sob stuff, nursery rhyme

Part Meronyms: building, edifice

Derivational Morphology: chronicle, write up, report, cover, describe, account, fib, tell, narrate, recount, recite

Language Translations:
Bosnian: priča and sprat		Chinese: 故事 and 樓
Croatian: kat and priča		Danish: etage and historie
Dutch: verdieping and verhaal		Finnish: kerros and tarina
French: étage and histoire		German: Erzählung and Stockwerk
Greek: ιστορία		Hindi: कहानी
Hungarian: emelet and történet		Icelandic: saga
Ido: rakonto		Irish: scéal
Italian: piano and racconto		Japanese: 物語 and 階
Korean: 이야기 and 층		Malay: cerita and tingkat
Malayalam: കഥ		Maltese: storja and sular
Polish: opowieść		Portuguese: andar and estória
Russian: рассказ and этаж		Spanish: cuento and piso
Swedish: historia and våning		Telugu: అంతస్తు and కత
Ukrainian: оповідь and поверх

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