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Most common English words: information « seem « book « #469: story » deep » meet » interest

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From Anglo-Norman estorie, from Latin historia, from Ancient Greek ἱστορία (historia), history). Compare history and storey (floor of a building).

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Singular
story

Plural
stories

story (plural stories)

  1. An account of real or fictional events.
    The book tells the story of two roommates.
  2. A lie.
    You’ve been telling stories again, haven’t you?
  3. A floor or level of a building (mainly US - see storey).
    Our shop was on the fourth story of the building — we had to install an elevator.
  4. (US, colloquial, usually pluralized) A soap opera.
    What will she do without being able to watch her stories?

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(soap opera): Popularized in the 1950s, when soap operas were often billed as "continuing stories," the term "story" to describe a soap opera fell into disuse by the 21st century and is now used chiefly among older people and in rural areas. Other English-speaking countries used the term at its zenith as a "loaned" word from the United States.

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