Foundation level · Year 4 · free
story
noun · Say it: STOR-ee
What it means
Foundationa description of events, real or made up, told or written to entertain people
Dad read us a funny story about a dragon who loved baking cakes.
Similar and opposite words
Synonyms (similar meaning)
- account
- narrative
- tale
- yarn
More examples
- For homework, Isla wrote a story about a day at the seaside.
Where the word comes from
From Old French 'estorie', from Latin 'historia'.
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