Definition, synonyms and related words
plural of story
"The building had twelve stories, each with its own unique view of the city skyline."
In plain English: Stories are made-up or true accounts of events that happen to people or characters.
"My grandmother loves to tell stories about her childhood in the countryside."
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of story
"The third person singular simple present form of the verb is stories, though it actually does not exist as a valid English word since "story" has no such conjugation."
In plain English: To story is to tell a tale about something that happened.
"He told stories about his childhood adventures to entertain the children."
Derived from Old French estorie (meaning narrative) and Latin historia, the term originally referred to written accounts of past events before evolving in architecture to denote horizontal levels of a building. In modern usage, it retains its sense of sequential narratives while also describing the physical floors that house them.