story

Definition

Examples

The newspaper ran a story about the opening of the new library.

Synonyms

• talea message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
• narrativea message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
• articlea distinct section of a treaty or formal contract

Collocations

• Easy bedtime story
  describing bedtime story (the time you go to bed)
• Medium top news story covered by financial media
  to top news story covered by financial media, meaning to be superior or better than some standard
• Hard corroborate the whistleblower's inside story
  to corroborate the whistleblower's inside story, meaning to establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
• Very Hard only half the story has been disclosed
  describing only half the story has been disclosed (being the only one; single and isolated from others)