story

Definitions of story
  1. noun
    a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events
    synonyms: geschiedenis, historie, verhaal, vertelling
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    avonturenroman
    a story of an adventure
    detective, geheim, geheimenis, geloofsgeheim, mysterie, speurdersroman, verborgenheid, whodunit, whodunnit
    a story about a crime (usually murder) presented as a novel or play or movie
    ridderroman, roman, romance
    a story dealing with love
    fabel, legenda, legende, onderschrift, overlevering, randschrift, randwerk, volksoverlevering
    a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events
    novelle, short story
    a prose narrative shorter than a novel
    allegorie, apoloog, fabel, gelijkenis, parabel
    a short moral story (often with animal characters)
    mythe
    a traditional story accepted as history; serves to explain the world view of a people
    thriller
    a suspenseful adventure story or play or movie
    romancyclus, saga
    a narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family; originally (12th to 14th centuries) a story of the families that settled Iceland and their descendants but now any prose narrative that resembles such an account
    detective, detectiveverhaal, speurdersroman, speurdersverhaal
    a narrative about someone who investigates crimes and obtains evidence leading to their resolution
    godenschemering
    myth about the ultimate destruction of the gods in a battle with evil
    gevechtservaring
    the series of events that form a plot
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    fictie, fictionaliteit
    a literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact
  2. noun
    a record or narrative description of past events
    synonyms: geschiedenis, historie, verhaal, vertelling
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    etymologie
    a history of a word
    anamnese, status
    detailed record of the background of a person or group under study or treatment
    almanak, annalen, jaarboek, jaaroverzicht
    a chronological account of events in successive years
    biografie, levensbeschrijving, levensgeschiedenis, levensverhaal
    an account of the series of events making up a person's life
    volksetymologie
    a popular but erroneous etymology
    status, voorgeschiedenis
    the case history of a medical patient as recalled by the patient
    autobiografie
    a biography of yourself
    hagiografie, heiligenleven
    a biography that idealizes or idolizes the person (especially a person who is a saint)
    profiel, profielschets
    biographical sketch
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    bewijs, bewijsstuk
    anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph) providing permanent evidence of or information about past events
  3. noun
    a short account of the news
    synonyms: geschiedenis, historie, rapport, verhaal, verslag, vertelling
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    clubblad, mededelingenblad, nieuwsbrief
    report or open letter giving informal or confidential news of interest to a special group
    bulletin, clubblad, dienstmededeling, mededelingenblad
    a brief report (especially an official statement issued for immediate publication or broadcast)
    communiqué
    an official report (usually sent in haste)
    primeur, scoop
    a news report that is reported first by one news organization
    nieuwsbericht, nieuwsbulletin
    a short news announcement concerning some on-going news story
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    actualiteit, nieuws
    information reported in a newspaper or news magazine
  4. noun
    the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events
    synonyms: geschiedenis, historie, verhaal, verhaaltje, vertelling
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    berichtgeving, rapportage, verslaggeving
    the act of informing by verbal report
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