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life stories

life stories is the plural of life story.

Meaning of life story

Noun

life story (plural life stories)

  1. An account of an individual's life.
    • Queen Mary of the Iron Road. By Fred C. Bishop. […] This is the life-story of a boy who was determined to become an engine driver, and who lost no time in realising his ambition. A bold plunge from a clerkship in a coal merchant's office carried Fred Bishop, at the age of 14, into the locomotive...1947 January and February, “Railway Literature”, in Railway Magazine, page 62
  2. (broadly, figuratively) A long and detailed monologue delivered to someone.
    • I wish this guy would stop giving me his life story and just buy me a drink.

Questions about life stories

What is life stories the plural of?
Life stories is the plural of life story.

Words near life stories in the dictionary

  1. life stage
  2. life stages
  3. life stance
  4. life stances
  5. life steal
  6. life stories
  7. life story
  8. life style
  9. life styles
  10. life support
  11. life table

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