an account of incidents or events
a statement of the facts of a situation in question
according to their story
an anecdote; esp an amusing one
= short story
the plot of a literary or dramatic work
a rumour
used to children: a lie; a falsehood
a legend or romance
a news article or broadcast
the same old story
the familiar scenario, unsatisfactory as ever
the story goes
they say; apparently
the story of one's life
something that has befallen one all too frequently
to cut a long story short
to get quickly to the point
[Middle English, in the sense ‘true narrative’, via Old French and Latin from Greek historia: see history]