story

Definition von story im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch: A floor or level of a building (mainly US - see storey)
Our shop was on the fourth story of the building — we had to install an elevator.; A soap opera
What will she do without being able to watch her stories?.; An account of real or fictional events
The book tells the story of two roommates.; A lie
You’ve been telling stories again, haven’t you?.; {v} to relate, tell, describe, range in order; {n} a history, tale, fiction, lie, part of a house; A group of related photographs licensed for publication as a unified theme The publication of all or any one of such photographs constitutes publication of the story and no other additional publication rights are deemed granted, absent a separate agreement; That portion of a building which is between the upper surface of any floor and the upper surface of the floor next above; a trivial lie; "he told a fib about eating his spinach"; "how can I stop my child from telling stories?"; The relation of an incident or minor event; a short narrative; a tale; especially, a fictitious narrative less elaborate than a novel; a short romance; Also, a horizontal division of a building's exterior considered architecturally, which need not correspond exactly with the stories within; If someone tells you their side of the story, they tell you why they behaved in a particular way and why they think they were right, when other people think that person behaved wrongly. He had already made up his mind before even hearing her side of the story. story singing detective story horror story mystery story short story Story Joseph; a record or narrative description of past events; "a history of France"; "he gave an inaccurate account of the plot to kill the president"; "the story of exposure to lead"; information that tells what happened over time -- " without actually including these words in the story " (187); Space between two connected floors; a 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; "his narrative was interesting"; "Disney's stories entertain adults as well as children"; Material not (yet) presented - inferred, presumed, assumed; That portion of a building included between the surface of any floor and the surface of the next floor above it, or if there is no floor above it, then the space between the floor and the ceiling next above it; The story of something is a description of all the important things that have happened to it since it began. the story of the women's movement in Ireland; In British English, you use to cut a long story short to indicate that you are going to state the final result of an event and not give any more details. In American English, you say to make a long story short. To cut a long story short, I ended up as managing director; structure consisting of a room or set of rooms comprising a single level of a multilevel building; "what level is the office on?"; A story is a description of an event or something that happened to someone, especially a spoken description of it. The parents all shared interesting stories about their children Isak's story is typical of a child who has a specific learning disability; The story is the basic unit of work in XP A story represents a chunk of business value that can be tested, estimated and delivered within an iteration The headline of each story is written on an index card; A single floor of a structure; A story is a description of imaginary people and events, which is written or told in order to entertain. I shall tell you a story about four little rabbits. a popular love story with a happy ending; A set of rooms on the same floor or level; a floor, or the space between two floors; That part of a building between any floor and the floor or roof next above; A horizontal division of a building, from the floor to the ceiling above it; If someone invents a story, they give a false explanation or account of something. He invented some story about a cousin. = tale, yarn; A story is the text in a publication; see storey see -storey see also cock-and-bull story, short story, sob story, success story, tall story; {i} true or fictional account of some occurrence; short work of fiction; plot; news report; joke, anecdote; lie, fib; floor, level in a building; a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events; "he writes stories for the magazines; An imaginative tale that is shorter than a novel, but longer than a short story; a fib; as, to tell a story; A news story is a piece of news in a newspaper or in a news broadcast. Those are some of the top stories in the news They'll do anything for a story. front-page news stories; If you say it's the same old story or it's the old story, you mean that something unpleasant or undesirable seems to happen again and again. It's the same old story. They want one person to do three people's jobs; a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events; "he writes stories for the magazines"; The actions and events within the narrative, but not the narrative or recounting itself What happened versus how it is told; You use a different story to refer to a situation, usually a bad one, which exists in one set of circumstances when you have mentioned that it does not exist in another set of circumstances. Where Marcella lives, the rents are fairly cheap, but a little further north it's a different story; A term for a set of copy that was imported into page layout software as one file The story may appear in one place in one text block (PageMaker term) or in one text box (XPress term,) or it may be "chained" across multiple boxes that may reside on multiple pages of a document A "story" is the largest piece of text that can be "highlighted" (selected in preparation for formatting) at one time Stories must be highlighted individually; A narration or recital of that which has occurred; a description of past events; a history; a statement; a record; A story is nothing else than the subjective image in a participant's mind of observed changes in the model world A story is ultimately "rendered" by the players' brains, according to the inputs they receive from the game [!!MOVE THIS: Note: decent AI participants of course must do the same thing They being, well handicapped, some special hint mechanism (a special protocol between them and the story controller) may probably be needed to help them, poor, clueless freaks ] To propagate the common vision (as prescribed in the storylineby the game authors), to drive the participants to the desired direction, having them experience what's intended for them, the story driver is the key component in the Clockwork Engine; A euphemism or child's word for "a lie;" a fib; as, to tell a story; a life of a character behind the plot; To tell in historical relation; to make the subject of a story; to narrate or describe in story; In a narrative film, all the events that we see and hear, plus all those that we infer or assume to have occurred, arranged in their presumed causal relations, chronological order, duration, frequency, and spatial locations Opposed to plot, which is the film’s actual presentation of events in the story See also duration, ellipsis, frequency, order, space, viewing time; a short account of the news; "the report of his speech"; "the story was on the 11 o'clock news"; "the account of his speech that was given on the evening news made the governor furious"; A euphemism or child's word for "a lie;"; If you say that something is only part of the story or is not the whole story, you mean that the explanation or information given is not enough for a situation to be fully understood. This may be true but it is only part of the story Jane goes to great lengths to explain that this is not the whole story; string; sty; tale
story arc: An extended or continuing storyline in episodic storytelling media such as television or comic books
A story arc can be developed continuously until it is completed, but it is more usual for a drama series to treat a story arc discontinuously.
story arcs: plural form of story arc
story editor: A script editor
story of one's life: An autobiography
story of one's life: A rueful expression used to indicate that a previously described incident (often a mishap) is typical of what tends to happen to the speaker
I asked the new girl at work to go out for a meal - and she got off with the waiter. Story of my life!.
story board: An instructional method for sequencing information
story board: Graphic/sketch plan for a web site
story board: From the film and television industry Putting one paper page for each 'shot' on the wall as a way to visualize all the scenes from the film and organizing the related tasks For a Web site each 'page' gets a piece of paper, and you write notes on each piece of paper describing the content of the represented Web page, and how users will traverse the site so you can create appropriate links
story board: written and visual representation outlining a concept
story board: A process that allows you to design your web site on paper
story board: The rough layout of your web presentation most likely with pencil and paper
story book: book containing a collection of tales
story hour: time when tales are told, story time
story line: plot of the story
story line: The plot of a story or dramatic work. the main set of related events in a story = plot
story telling: narration, telling of tales, recounting of stories
story that sells papers: big scoop", newsworthy event, an interesting news story that increases newspaper sales
story-teller: one who tells tales, one who narrates, one who recounts stories
story-writer: one who writes stories, writer, novelist
Banbury story of a cock and a bull: A roundabout, nonsensical story
anti-story: A work of fiction in which the author breaks in some way the conventional rules of short story telling, usually with some feature (for example, a lack of plot or characters, unusual punctuation, odd subject or presentation, etc.) which strongly challenges the reader's expectations
bedtime story: A fairytale or other story read to children before they sleep
chain story: A story, each section of which is written by a different author picking up where the previous one left off
cock-and-bull story: A far-fetched and fanciful story or tale of highly dubious validity
cover story: A fictitious account that is intended to hide one's real motive
cover story: A story that appears on the front page of a publication
end of story: That is as much as I know, am prepared to reveal or am willing to say about the subject
fish story: An exaggerated or boastful story; a tall tale
ghost story: A story about ghosts, meant to be frightening
horror story: An unpleasant or distressing experience
just-so story: A story that cannot be proven or disproven, used as an explanation of a current state of affairs
likely story: Used to suggest someone's story or excuse is a lie
He told me he couldn't come because his budgue had fallen ill. A likely story.
long story short: Introducing a short version of, or simply the conclusion of, an involved story
Dr. Kelso: Long story short, I'm on the hook for sending Trong Tri Kelso to college and he doesn't want to go to a state school.
same old story: What usually happens, a happening which is not surprising
It's the same old story - everywhere I go I get slandered. (Paul Simon: Keep My Customer Satisfied).
scare story: A rumour spread by a scaremonger in order to cause anxiety
Have you heard the recent scare story about broken glass in baby food?.
shaggy dog story: A long-winded tale or yarn featuring extensive narration of typically irrelevant details, usually resulting in a pointless or absurd punchline, which is often a pun or Spoonerism on a known catchphrase
shaggy-dog story: A long, rambling, pointless story or joke, especially one with an absurd punchline
short short story: A fictional story that is briefer than typical short stories
We do not mean the length of the average short story, but rather that of the short short story that ranges from 500 to 1200 words.
short story: A work of fiction that is shorter than a novel
short-short story: Alternative spelling of short short story
sob story: A sad story, especially one intended to elicit sympathy
Mr. Martin objected at first to the bastardization of my talent, but I gave him a sob story about needing money for lessons.
storey: A floor or level of a building or ship
For superstitious reasons, many buildings number their 13th storey as 14, bypassing 13 entirely.
storied: historical
storied: having multiple storeys; multi-storied
success story: anecdotal evidence for the benefits of some product or policy
tall story: A tale or an account of questionable veracity; a lie
the story goes: The story is usually depicted as follows
The story goes that they won the day.
war story: Any narrative of an event, involving either military or civilian characters, in wartime
invent a story: make up a story
attic story: {n} the upper story
storied: {a} adorned with historical pictures, told
fiction story: (Edebiyat) A story which is not real, such as a fantasy or a fable. Fiction stories can, however, be based on real life events
storey: sto·rey storeys in AM, use story A storey of a building is one of its different levels, which is situated above or below other levels. the upper storeys of the Empire State Building. = floor. a floor or level of a building (story; perhaps because some medieval buildings had paintings on their walls telling stories)
storey: structure consisting of a room or set of rooms comprising a single level of a multilevel building; "what level is the office on?"
storey: {i} (British) floor, level in a building (also story)
storey: A floor or level of a building
storeys: plural of storey
storied: {s} having a certain number of stories or floors; recorded in history, legendary
storied: Having a history; interesting from the stories which pertain to it; venerable from the associations of the past
storied: having multiple storeys
storied: Having (such or so many) stories; chiefly in composition; as, a two-storied house
storied: much talked or written about
storied: having an illustrious past
storied: having stories as indicated; "a six-storied building"
storied: having stories as indicated; "a six-storied building
storied: Told in a story
stories: plural of story

story

Silbentrennung

sto·ry

Türkische aussprache

stôri

Synonyme

tome, lie, floor, level, soap opera, serial, adventure, allegory, anecdote, apologue, article, autobiography, beat, biography, book

Antonyme

truth

Aussprache

/ˈstôrē/ /ˈstɔːriː/

Etymologie

[ stOr-E, stor- ] (noun.) 13th century. From Anglo-Norman estorie, from Latin historia, from Ancient Greek ἱστορία (historia, “history”). Compare history and storey (“floor of a building”).