Noun

(stories)

A sequence of real or fictional events; or, an account of such a sequence.

* Ed. Rev.

Venice, with its unique city and its impressive story

* Sir W. Temple

The four great monarchies make the subject of ancient story .

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, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=1 , passage=The stories did not seem to me to touch life. They were plainly intended to have a bracing moral effect, and perhaps had this result for the people at whom they were aimed. They left me with the impression of a well-delivered stereopticon lecture, with characters about as life-like as the shadows on the screen, and whisking on and off, at the mercy of the operator.}}

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-29, volume=407, issue=8842, page=55, magazine=(The Economist)

, title= Travels and travails , passage=Even without hovering drones, a lurking assassin, a thumping score and a denouement, the real-life story of Edward Snowden, a rogue spy on the run, could be straight out of the cinema. But, as with Hollywood, the subplots and exotic locations may distract from the real message: America’s discomfort and its foes’ glee.}}

A lie.

(chiefly, US) A floor or level of a building; a storey.

* 1900 , , (The House Behind the Cedars) , chapter I:

The lower story of the market-house was open on all four of its sides to the public square.

(US, colloquial, usually pluralized) A soap opera.

(obsolete) History.

* 1644 , (John Milton), (Aeropagitica) :

who is so unread or so uncatechis'd in story , that hath not heard of many sects refusing books as a hindrance, and preserving their doctrine unmixt for many ages, only by unwritt'n traditions.

A sequence of events, or a situation, such as might be related in an account.

Noun

(en noun)

A belief that a person has formed about a topic or issue.

I would like to know your opinions on the new systems.

In my opinion , white chocolate is better than milk chocolate.

Every man is a fool in some man's opinion .

Truth, in matters of religion, is simply the opinion that has survived. -

The judgment or sentiment which the mind forms of persons or things; estimation.

* 1606 , , I. vii. 32:

I have bought golden opinions from all sorts of people.

* South

Friendship gives a man a peculiar right and claim to the good opinion of his friend.

(obsolete) Favorable estimation; hence, consideration; reputation; fame; public sentiment or esteem.

* 1597 , , V. iv. 47:

Thou hast redeemed thy lost opinion .

* Milton

This gained Agricola much opinion , who enterprises.

(obsolete) Obstinacy in holding to one's belief or impression; opiniativeness; conceitedness.

* 1590 , , V. i. 5:

Your reasons at / dinner have been sharp and sententious, pleasant / without scurrility, witty without affection, audacious / without impudency, learned without opinion , and / strange without heresy.

The formal decision, or expression of views, of a judge, an umpire, a doctor, or other party officially called upon to consider and decide upon a matter or point submitted.

(European Union law) a judicial opinion delivered by an Advocate General to the European Court of Justice where he or she proposes a legal solution to the cases for which the court is responsible