story

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story is on the Basic English 850 List.
store - story - straight
story is one of the 1000 most common headwords.
stop - story - straight

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Singular
story

Plural
stories

  1. (countable) A story is a piece of text that tells someone who reads it about a real or fictional (made up) event.
    This story is about a little girl who is eaten by a wolf.
    The film is based on a true story.
  2. (countable) A story is a lie.
    Mother told me to stop telling stories.
  3. (countable) (mostly US) A story is a floor or level in a building.
    My room is five stories up.