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storyline

storyline noun: the plot of a story; one of several within a story, usually interwoven.

Noun

storyline (plural storylines)

  1. The plot of a story; one of several within a story, usually interwoven.
    • That film had a wonderful storyline, but the poor acting let it down.
  2. A narrative description of a given modeling scenario, highlighting its main characteristics and underlying technical and socioeconomic drivers.

storyline meaning in Bengali, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada

storyline in Bengali

উপন্যাস, নাটক, আখ্যানরেখা, গল্পপ্রবাহ

storyline in Telugu

కథాంశము, కథారూపం

storyline in Malayalam

കഥാരീതി, കഥാവിവരണം

storyline in Kannada

ಕಥಾಹಂದರ
More languagesFewer languages
storyline in Thai
โครงเรื่อง kroong-rʉ̂ʉang
storyline in Vietnamese
cốt truyện

Examples of storyline in a sentence

  • The storyline in the film “The Usual Suspects” is presented from the point of view of an unreliable narrator.
  • Now, they include rich storylines, character progression, and even world-building elements.
  • Russian moviegoers have a special term for films whose storyline or atmosphere just does not ring true.

All 23 example sentences with storyline

Forms of storyline

pluralstorylines
alternative formstory line

Plural of storyline: storylines

Origin of storyline

From story + line. The climate science usage is defined in the IPCC WG III AR5 report (2014).

Words formed from storyline

Questions about storyline

What does storyline mean?
Storyline means the plot of a story; one of several within a story, usually interwoven.
What is storyline in Bengali?
Storyline in Bengali is উপন্যাস, নাটক, আখ্যানরেখা. See Storyline meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is storyline?
Storyline is a noun.
What is the plural of storyline?
The plural of storyline is storylines.

Words near storyline in the dictionary

  1. storylessly
  2. storylessness
  3. storylet
  4. storylets
  5. storylike
  6. storyline
  7. storyliner
  8. storyliners
  9. storylines
  10. storylining
  11. storylore

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: storyline (page history and authors); storyline (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); storyline (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); storyline (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); storyline (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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