story

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[ˈstɔːri], (Noun)

Definitions:
- an account of imaginary or real people and events told for entertainment
(e.g: an adventure story)

- an account of past events in someone's life or in the development of something
(e.g: the story of modern farming)

- the commercial prospects or circumstances of a particular company
(e.g: the investors' flight to profitable businesses with solid stories)


Phrases:
- but that's another story
- it's a long story
- the story goes
- the story of one's life
- to cut a long story short

Origin:
Middle English (denoting a historical account or representation): shortening of Anglo-Norman French estorie, from Latin historia (see history)


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definition by Oxford Dictionaries