| NOUN | communication | story, narrative, narration, tale | a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events |
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| communication | story | a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events | |
| artifact | story, floor, level, storey | a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale | |
| communication | story, history, account, chronicle | a record or narrative description of past events | |
| communication | story, report, news report, account, write up | a short / short account of the news | |
| communication | story, fib, tale, tarradiddle, taradiddle | a trivial lie |
| Sounds | stao'riy | |
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| Rhymes | accusatory ... zealotry: 432 rhymes with riy... | |
| Meaning | 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. | |
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| Synonyms | narrative, narration, tale | |
| Instances | Canterbury Tales | An uncompleted series of tales written after 1387 by Geoffrey Chaucer |
| Narrower | fairytale, fairy tale, fairy story | A story about fairies |
| folktale, folk tale | A tale circulated by word of mouth among the common folk | |
| nursery rhyme | A tale in rhymed verse for children | |
| sob story, sob stuff | A sentimental story (or drama) of personal distress | |
| tall tale | An improbable (unusual or incredible or fanciful) story | |
| tearjerker | An excessively sentimental narrative | |
| Broader | message, content, subject matter, substance | What a communication that is about something is about |
| Spanish | narración, narrativa, relato | |
| Catalan | narrativa | |
| Meaning | A structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale. | |
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| Synonyms | floor, level, storey | |
| Part of | building, edifice | A structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place |
| Narrower | basement, cellar | The lowermost portion of a structure partly or wholly below ground level |
| ground floor, first floor, ground level | The floor of a building that is at or nearest to the level of the ground around the building | |
| loft, attic, garret | Floor consisting of open space at the top of a house just below roof | |
| loft | Floor consisting of a large unpartitioned space over a factory or warehouse or other commercial space | |
| mezzanine, mezzanine floor, entresol | Intermediate floor just above the ground floor | |
| Broader | structure, construction | A thing constructed |
| Spanish | piso, planta | |
| Catalan | pis, planta | |
| Meaning | A short / short account of the news. | |
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| Example | "the story was on the 11 o'clock news" | |
| Synonyms | report, news report, account, write up | |
| Narrower | bulletin | A brief report (especially an official statement issued for immediate publication or broadcast) |
| dispatch, despatch, communique | An official report (usually sent in haste) | |
| exclusive, scoop | A news report that is reported first by one news organization | |
| newsletter, newssheet | Report or open letter giving informal or confidential news of interest to a special group | |
| urban legend | A story that appears mysteriously and spreads spontaneously in various forms and is usually false | |
| Broader | news | Information reported in a newspaper or news magazine |
| Spanish | artículo, crónica, historia, informe, relación, relato, reportaje | |
| Catalan | article, crònica, història, informe, relació, relat, reportatge | |
| Meaning | A trivial lie. | |
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| Synonyms | fib, tale, tarradiddle, taradiddle | |
| Narrower | fairytale, fairy tale, fairy story, cock-and-bull story, song and dance | An interesting but highly implausible / implausible story |
| Broader | lie, prevarication | A statement that deviates from or perverts the truth |
| Spanish | bola, cuento, embuste, historia, mentira, patraña | |
| Catalan | bola, conte, història, mentida, trola | |
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