SHORT STORY

Meaning of SHORT STORY in English

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F fable A short story in prose or verse which is written so that a moral may be learnt from it.

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SHORT STORY — noun Date: 1877 an invented prose narrative shorter than a novel usually dealing with a few characters and aiming at …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SHORT STORY — Brief fictional prose narrative. It usually presents a single significant episode or scene involving a limited number of characters. The …
Английский словарь Британика
SHORT STORY — noun 1. : a relatively brief invented prose narrative that typically deals with a limited group of characters involved in …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SHORT STORY — — short-story , adj. a piece of prose fiction, usually under 10,000 words. [ 1885-90 ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SHORT STORY — literary form which is shorter than a novel and is often characterized by a small number of characters and a …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SHORT STORY — Date: 1877 : an invented prose narrative shorter than a novel usually dealing with a few characters and aiming at …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SHORT STORY — Function: noun Date: 1877 : an invented prose narrative shorter than a novel usually dealing with a few characters and …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
SHORT STORY — ■ noun a story with a fully developed theme but significantly shorter and less elaborate than a novel.
Concise Oxford English vocab
SHORT STORY — [short story] n (1877): an invented prose narrative shorter than a novel usu. dealing with a few characters and aiming …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SHORT STORY — brief fictional prose narrative that is shorter than a novel and that usually deals with only a few characters. The …
Britannica English vocabulary
SHORT STORY — noun a story, usually about imaginary characters and events, that is short enough to be read from beginning to end …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SHORT STORY — ˌshort ˈstory BrE AmE noun [countable] a short written story about imaginary situations and characters
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SHORT STORY — ( short stories) A short story is a written story about imaginary events that is only a few pages long. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SHORT STORY — (short stories) A ~ is a written story about imaginary events that is only a few pages long. He published …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
SHORT STORY — Brief fictional prose narrative. It usually presents a single significant episode or scene involving a limited number of characters. The …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
SHORT STORY — Synonyms and related words : Bildungsroman, Gothic novel, comic novel, detective novel, dime novel, dreadful, epistolary novel, erotic novel, historical …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SHORT STORY — noun
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
SHORT STORY — noun Short story is used before these nouns: ↑ anthology , ↑ writer
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
SHORT STORY — See ↑ BOOKS 2
Longman Activator English vocab
SHORT STORY — короткий рассказ, новелла Syn : novel, novella рассказ, новелла
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SHORT STORY — Новелла
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
SHORT STORY — Рассказ
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
SHORT STORY — рассказ, новелла
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SHORT STORY — короткий рассказ, новелла Syn:novel, novella
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
SHORT STORY — рассказ, новелла
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
SHORT STORY — рассказ, новелла
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
SHORT STORY — короткий рассказ, новелла
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
SHORT STORY — короткий рассказ, новелла
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
SHORT STORY — короткий рассказ, новелла Syn: novel , novella
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
SHORT STORY — короткий рассказ, новелла Syn: novel, novella
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
SHORT STORY — Рассказ
Британский Англо-Русский словарь
SHORT STORY — Новость
Британский Англо-Русский словарь
SHORT STORY — Новелла
Британский Англо-Русский словарь
SHORT STORY — Весть
Британский Англо-Русский словарь
SHORT STORY — Весточка
Британский Англо-Русский словарь
SHORT STORY — короткий рассказ (1000-8000 слов) ; новелла
Англо-Русский словарь по полиграфии и издательскому делу
SHORT STORY — короткий рассказ, новелла Syn : novel, novella рассказ, новелла
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
STORY — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) detective story horror story mystery story short story {{link=Story Joseph">Story Joseph
Английский словарь Британика
STORY — I. ˈstōrē, ˈstȯrē, -ri noun ( -es ) Etymology: Middle English storie, from Old French estorie, estoire, from Latin historia …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SHORT — I. ˈshȯ(ə)r]t, -ȯ(ə)], usu ]d.+V\ adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English short, shert, from Old English scort, sceort; akin …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
STORY — story 1 — storyless , adj. /stawr"ee, stohr"ee/ , n. , pl. stories , v. , storied, storying . n. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SHORT — — shortness , n. /shawrt/ , adj., shorter, shortest , adv., n., v. adj. 1. having little length; not long. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SHORT — I. ˈshȯrt adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English sceort; akin to Old High German scurz short, Old Norse skortr …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
STORY — noun a euphemism or child's word for "a lie;" a fib; as, to tell a story. 2. story ·vt to …
Webster English vocab
SHORT — noun a summary account. 2. short ·noun short, inferior hemp. 3. short ·noun breeches; shortclothes. 4. short ·noun a short …
Webster English vocab
STORY — [sto.ry] n, pl stories [ME storie, fr. OF estorie, fr. L historia--more at history] (13c) 1 archaic: history 1, 3 …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SHORT — [short] adj [ME, fr. OE sceort; akin to OHG scurz short, ON skortr lack] (bef. 12c) 1 a: having little …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
STORY
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SHORT — / ʃɔːt; NAmE ʃɔːrt/ adjective , adverb , noun , verb ■ adjective ( short·er , short·est ) LENGTH / …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
STORY
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SHORT — I. short 1 S1 W1 /ʃɔːt $ ʃɔːrt/ BrE AmE adjective ( comparative shorter , superlative shortest ) [ Word …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
STORY — n. (pl. -ies) 1 an account of imaginary or past events; a narrative, tale, or anecdote. 2 the past course …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SHORT — adj., adv., n., & v. --adj. 1 a measuring little; not long from end to end (a short distance). b …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
STORY — n. (pl. -ies) 1 an account of imaginary or past events; a narrative, tale, or anecdote. 2 the past course …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SHORT — adj., adv., n., & v. adj. 1 a measuring little; not long from end to end (a short distance). b …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
STORY — 1. n. (pl. -ies) 1. an account of imaginary or past events; a narrative, tale, or anecdote. 2 the past …
Oxford English vocab
SHORT — adj., adv., n., & v. --adj. 1. a measuring little; not long from end to end (a short distance). b …
Oxford English vocab
SHORT — I. ADJECTIVE AND ADVERB USES /ʃɔ:(r)t/ ( shorter, shortest) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
STORY
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
STORY
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SHORT
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
STORY — (DESCRIPTION) [noun] [C] - a description, either true or imagined, of a connected series of events and, often, the characters …
Cambridge English vocab
STORY
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SHORT
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary

Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary

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