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midstory

midstory noun: the middle part of a story, neither the beginning nor the end.

Noun

midstory (uncountable)

  1. The middle part of a story, neither the beginning nor the end.
    • The songs often start in midstory, packed with more detail than the mind can process.2007 November 5, Kelefa Sanneh, “With a Torrent of Lyrics, Daring the Fans to Keep Up”, in New York Times

Adverb

midstory (not comparable)

  1. In the middle of a story; during a story.
    • If you interrupt him midstory, he absolutely loses it.2004, Intelligent Systems, translated by Nintendo of America, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Nintendo, GameCube

Origin of midstory

From mid- + story.

Questions about midstory

What does midstory mean?
Midstory means the middle part of a story, neither the beginning nor the end.
What part of speech is midstory?
Midstory can be a noun or an adverb.

Words near midstory in the dictionary

  1. midstep
  2. midsternal
  3. midstock
  4. midstorey
  5. midstorm
  6. midstory
  7. midstout
  8. midstrata
  9. midstratum
  10. midstream
  11. midstreams

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