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# story

«story» in Mova's school dictionary: **A story tells about things that happen, true or made up** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (story, stories)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A story tells about things that happen, true or made up. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/story/#m1)

2) A story is a news report. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/story/#m2)

3) A story (UK: storey) is one floor or level of a building. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/story/#m3)

4) «A story» can also mean a lie told by a child: «Don't tell stories». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/story/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

Maths: stories read or written (counted); floors of a building (a 10-story building), and «each story is 3 meters tall» gives height. A word problem is a story problem. Reading and writing: the beginning, middle and end of a story; characters, setting, plot. Everyday: bedtime story, short story, true story.

### examples

- Ana read 4 stories before bed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/story/#x1)
- Each story has 12 pages. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/story/#x2)
- The building has 20 stories. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/story/#x3)
- He wrote 3 stories this week. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/story/#x4)
- Dad tells us a story every night. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/story/#x5)
- Every good story has a beginning, a middle and an end. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/story/#x6)
- Is that a true story or made up? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/story/#x7)
- Each story of the tower is 3 meters tall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/story/#x8)
- And that, madam, is my story. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/story/#x9)

### note

Countable: a story, stories (y → ies). Usually the thing counted. Trap: in buildings «stories» means floors, and «each story is 3 meters tall» is a rate for height. In UK spelling a floor is a «storey», plural «storeys».

### In the corpora

- [Stories about annoying colleagues told at home are private and should not be repeated outside.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/1-a-day-at-a-grown-ups-job/8/)
- [Afterwards everyone goes to the pub, and some people even laugh while telling stories about Grandad.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/25-funerals-and-remembering/3/)
- [The anniversary of a death often brings the sadness back strongly; families may light a candle, visit the grave or share stories.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/25-funerals-and-remembering/16/)
- [Not everything you see is true: some stories and videos are made up or edited on purpose to fool people.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/32-bad-news-protests-and-helping-others/2/)
- [And who could get hurt if the story spreads?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/41-our-street-who-parked-where-and-who-won-what/7/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «story» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/story/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.