Story

Story

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Story can mean:

Description of a sequence of events

* For the description of a sequence of events, commonly called a story, see narrative
** Short story or a novella
** Bedtime story, an entertaining or instructive, soporific, and often extemporaneous tale for a child
* Organization story, in organization studies: fragmented, collectively enacted, and co-constructed
* User story, a way of illustrating software requirements, often used in extreme programming
* Soap opera, in older and/or rural American slang, usually said in the plural, (e.g., "I'll talk to you later; my stories are on.")

Other uses

* Storey or story, a floor or level of a building
* "Story" (magazine), an American literary magazine from 1931 to 1999.
* Stories (band), an American rock group formed by Ian Lloyd and Michael Brown of "The Left Banke"
* "The Story" (song), a 2008 single by American rock band 30 Seconds to Mars
* The Story (band), a folk-pop duo featuring Jonatha Brooke and Jennifer Kimball
* "Story" (album), an album by the Finnish heavy metal band Amorphis
* "The Story" (Bizzy Bone album), a 2006 album by Bizzy Bone
* "The Story with Dick Gordon", an interview program produced by North Carolina Public Radio and distributed by American Public Media
* "The Story" (Brandi Carlile album), an album by folk rock singer Brandi Carlile
* "A Story", an album by Yoko Ono
* Story, one of the main characters in film "Lady in the Water"

Place names

* Story, Indiana
* Story City, Iowa
* Story County, Iowa

ee also

* Story (surname)
* Storytelling
* Story arc
* Sjuzhet


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  • Story — bezeichnet als Anglizismus: einen Essay eine Erzählung eine Kurzgeschichte die Abfolge der Plots einer Filmproduktion: siehe insbesondere Storyboard, eine zeichnerische Version eines Drehbuchs oder die Visualisierung eines Konzeptes bzw. einer… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • story — 1 *account, report, chronicle, version Analogous words: *history, chronicle, annals: relation, rehearsing, recital, recounting (see corresponding verbs at RELATE) 2 Story, narrative, tale, anecdote, yarn all denote a recital of happenings less… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • story — story1 [stôr′ē] n. pl. stories [ME storie < OFr estoire < L historia: see HISTORY] 1. the telling of a happening or connected series of happenings, whether true or fictitious; account; narration 2. an anecdote or joke 3. a) a fictitious… …   English World dictionary

  • Story — Sto ry, n.; pl. {Stories}. [OF. estor[ e], estor[ e]e, built, erected, p. p. of estorer to build, restore, to store. See {Store}, v. t.] A set of rooms on the same floor or level; a floor, or the space between two floors. Also, a horizontal… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Story — Sto ry, n. [OE. storie, OF. estoire, F. histoire, fr. L. historia. See {History}.] 1. A narration or recital of that which has occurred; a description of past events; a history; a statement; a record. [1913 Webster] One malcontent who did indeed… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Story — Sto ry, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Storied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Storying}.] To tell in historical relation; to make the subject of a story; to narrate or describe in story. [1913 Webster] How worthy he is I will leave to appear hereafter, rather than… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • story — STÓRY s.n. (Anglicism) Povestire sau istorisire (ecranizată). [< engl. story]. Trimis de LauraGellner, 13.09.2007. Sursa: DN  STÓRY s. n. inv. povestire (ecranizată). (< engl. story) Trimis de raduborza, 15.09.2007. Sursa: MDN …   Dicționar Român

  • Story — Sf Geschichte, Bericht erw. fremd. Erkennbar fremd (19. Jh.) Entlehnung. Entlehnt aus ne. story, dieses aus afrz. estoire, aus l. historia, aus gr. historía, eigentlich Kunde, Kenntnis , zu gr. hístōr wissend, kundig .    Ebenso nnorw. story;… …   Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache

  • Story — Story, WY U.S. Census Designated Place in Wyoming Population (2000): 887 Housing Units (2000): 667 Land area (2000): 13.735136 sq. miles (35.573837 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.004788 sq. miles (0.012400 sq. km) Total area (2000): 13.739924 sq.… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Story, WY — U.S. Census Designated Place in Wyoming Population (2000): 887 Housing Units (2000): 667 Land area (2000): 13.735136 sq. miles (35.573837 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.004788 sq. miles (0.012400 sq. km) Total area (2000): 13.739924 sq. miles… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Story — Story: Die Bezeichnung für »‹Kurz›geschichte, Erzählung« wurde im 20. Jh. aus gleichbed. engl. amerik. story (bzw. short story »Kurzgeschichte«) entlehnt. Dies steht mit anderer lautlicher Entwicklung neben history und geht wie dieses auf lat.… …   Das Herkunftswörterbuch

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