SHORT STORY

Meaning of SHORT STORY in English

noun

a story, usually about imaginary characters and events, that is short enough to be read from beginning to end without stopping

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

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 — 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 — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ F fable A short story in prose or verse which is written so that a …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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
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SHORT STORY — короткий рассказ, новелла
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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
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Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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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

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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