story > define

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.
- usage: "his narrative was interesting"; "Disney's stories entertain adults as well as children"
- synonyms: narrative, narration, tale
A piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events.
- usage: "he writes stories for the magazines"
A structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale.
- usage: "what level is the office on"
- synonyms: floor, level, storey
A record or narrative description of past events.
- usage: "a history of France"; "he gave an inaccurate account of the plot to kill the president"; "the story of exposure to lead"
- synonyms: history, account, chronicle
A short account of the news.
- usage: "the report of his speech"; "the story was on the 11 o'clock news"; "the account of his speech that was given on the evening news made the governor furious"
- synonyms: report, news report, account, write up
A trivial lie.
- usage: "he told a fib about eating his spinach"; "how can I stop my child from telling stories"
- synonyms: fib, tale, tarradiddle, taradiddle

(n.) A narration or recital of that which has occurred; a description of past events; a history; a statement; a record.
(v.t.) A set of rooms on the same floor or level; a floor or the space between two floors. Also, a horizontal division of a building's exterior considered architecturally, which need not correspond exactly with the stories within.
(v.t.) To tell in historical relation; to make the subject of a story; to narrate or describe in story.
(n.) The relation of an incident or minor event; a short narrative; a tale; especially, a fictitious narrative less elaborate than a novel; a short romance.
(n.) A euphemism or child's word for "a lie;" a fib; as, to tell a story.

by Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

story is the part of a building included between two floors.