An exaggerated or boastful story; tall tale

(idiomatic) A rumour spread by a scaremonger in order to cause anxiety.

(fiction) A fictional narrative of distressing events. / (informal) A disturbing rumour. / An unpleasant experience.

The story is usually depicted as follows.

(literature) A work of fiction in which the author breaks in some way the conventional rules of storytelling, usually with some feature (for example, a lack of plot or characters, unusual punctuation, odd subject or presentation, etc.) that strongly challenges the reader's expectations.

(US, Canada) Alternative spelling of multi-storey

(US, Canada) Alternative spelling of multi-storey

An account of an individual's life / (by extension) A long detailed monologue to someone

plural of story beat

An interaction, between characters in a drama, that advances the plot