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storytelling

storytelling noun: the act and skills of presenting stories and tales.

Noun

storytelling (countable and uncountable, plural storytellings)

  1. The act and skills of presenting stories and tales.
    • Dynamic typography reinvigorates the storytelling genre by anthropomorphizing fonts, defibrillating calligraphy, creating rhythmic, ambient moodscapes without sacrificing speed or lushness.1999, Artbyte, volume 2
    • Dawes, Drummer, Diogo, they should all be speaking in Beltlish all the time. Just enough to add flavor while not getting in the way of the storytelling.2018 February 28, Pirate-Bartender-Zombie-Monkey, FanFare, archived from the original on 19 Mar 2025
    Synonyms:
    taletelling

storytelling meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali

storytelling in Tamil

கதைசொல்லல், கதை சொல்லுதல், கதைசொல்லுதல்

storytelling in Marathi

कथा कथन, कथाकथन

storytelling in Urdu

داستان گوئی

storytelling in Bengali

গল্প বলা, কাহিনী বর্ণনা
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storytelling in Malayalam
കഥാപ്രസംഗം kathāprasaṅgaṁ

Examples of storytelling in a sentence

  • Or pansori, the South Korean musical storytelling tradition; or sindhenan, the improvisational singing of Javanese gamelan music.
  • Broad-stroke storytelling, a critical eye turned towards class differences and tender moments between friends?
  • Animals without wings share in the storytelling, too, which may depart from myth and take other forms.

All 24 example sentences with storytelling

Synonyms of storytelling

Forms of storytelling

pluralstorytellings
alternative formstory-telling

Origin of storytelling

From story + telling.

Words formed from storytelling

Questions about storytelling

What does storytelling mean?
Storytelling means the act and skills of presenting stories and tales.
What is storytelling in Tamil?
Storytelling in Tamil is கதைசொல்லல், கதை சொல்லுதல், கதைசொல்லுதல். See Storytelling meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is storytelling?
Storytelling is a noun.
What is the plural of storytelling?
The plural of storytelling is storytellings.

Words near storytelling in the dictionary

  1. storymongers
  2. storyscape
  3. storyscapes
  4. storyteller
  5. storytellers
  6. storytelling
  7. storytellings
  8. storytime
  9. storytimes
  10. storywise
  11. storywork

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: storytelling (page history and authors); storytelling (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); storytelling (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); storytelling (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); storytelling (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); കഥാപ്രസംഗം (Malayalam) (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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