anecdote

noun

/ˈænɪkdəʊt/

[countable, uncountable]

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a short, interesting or funny story about a real person or event
- amusing anecdotes about his brief career as an actor
- The book is a rich store of anecdote.
Extra Examples
- The biographer provides a telling anecdote about the President's actions at this time.
- We swapped anecdotes about old friends.
Topics Literature and writingb2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- amusing
- entertaining
- humorous
- …
verb + anecdote
- recount
- relate
- tell
- …
preposition
- anecdote about
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a personal account of an event
- This research is based on anecdote, not fact.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- amusing
- entertaining
- humorous
- …
verb + anecdote
- recount
- relate
- tell
- …
preposition
- anecdote about
See full entry

Word Originlate 17th cent.: from French, or via modern Latin from Greek anekdota ‘things unpublished’, from an- ‘not’ + ekdotos, from ekdidōnai ‘publish’.

单词	anecdote
释义	anecdote noun /ˈænɪkdəʊt/ /ˈænɪkdəʊt/ [countable, uncountable] jump to other results a short, interesting or funny story about a real person or event amusing anecdotes about his brief career as an actor The book is a rich store of anecdote. Extra Examples The biographer provides a telling anecdote about the President's actions at this time. We swapped anecdotes about old friends. Topics Literature and writingb2 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective amusing entertaining humorous … verb + anecdote recount relate tell … preposition anecdote about See full entry a personal account of an event This research is based on anecdote, not fact. Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective amusing entertaining humorous … verb + anecdote recount relate tell … preposition anecdote about See full entry Word Originlate 17th cent.: from French, or via modern Latin from Greek anekdota ‘things unpublished’, from an- ‘not’ + ekdotos, from ekdidōnai ‘publish’.
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