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stories

UK/ˈstɔː.ɹiz//ˈstɔɹ.iz/

stories is the plural of story.

stories is the plural of storey.

stories is the third-person singular simple present indicative of story.

Meaning of story

Noun

story (plural stories)

  1. An account of real or fictional events.
    • The book tells the story of two roommates.
    Synonyms:
    tome
  2. A lie, fiction.
    • You’ve been telling stories again, haven’t you?
  3. (US, colloquial, usually pluralized) A soap opera.
    • What will she do without being able to watch her stories?
    Synonyms:
    serial
  4. (obsolete) History.
    • […] who is so unread or so uncatechis'd in story, that hath not heard of many sects refusing books as a hindrance, and preserving their doctrine unmixt for many ages, only by unwritt'n traditions.1644, John Milton, Areopagitica; a Speech of Mr. John Milton for the Liberty of Unlicenc’d Printing, to the Parlament of England, London: [s.n.], →OCLC
  5. A sequence of events, or a situation, such as might be related in an account.
    • What's the story with him?
    Synonyms:
    narrative
  6. (capitalized, sometimes, social media) A chronological collection of pictures or short videos published by a user on an application or website that is typically only available for a short period.
    • Worshippers in Mecca are streaming their stories live on Snapchat, opening up the Saudi city to non-Muslims online.2015 July 14, Aisha Gani, “Mecca worshippers stream their stories live on Snapchat”, in The Guardian
    Synonyms:
    my day

See all 15 meanings of story

Meaning of storey

Noun

storey (plural storeys or (obsolete) stories)

  1. A floor or level of a building or ship.
    • For superstitious reasons, many buildings number their 13th storey as 14, bypassing 13 entirely.
    Synonyms:
    floor, level
  2. A vertical level in certain letters, such as a and g.
    • The IPA symbol for a voiced velar stop is the single-storey , not the double-storey
  3. (obsolete) A building; an edifice.

See all 5 meanings of storey

Phrases with stories

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Questions about stories

What is stories the plural of?
Stories is the plural of story.
How do you pronounce stories?
Stories is pronounced /ˈstɔː.ɹiz/ (UK).

Words near stories in the dictionary

  1. storiations
  2. storie
  3. storied
  4. storier
  5. storiers
  6. stories
  7. stories of one's life
  8. stories of one's lives
  9. storiette
  10. storiettes
  11. storification

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: stories (page history and authors); story (page history and authors); storey (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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