Real Dictionary

story
countable noun: A story is a description of an event or something that happened to someone, especially a spoken description of it.
countable noun: A story is a description of imaginary people and events, which is written or told in order to entertain.
countable noun: The story of something is a description of all the important things that have happened to it since it began.

Story in American English
Joseph1779-1845; U.S. jurist: associate justice, Supreme Court (1811-45)

story in American English 1
the telling of a happening or connected series of happenings, whether true or fictitious; account; narration
noun: a narrative, either true or fictitious, in prose or verse, designed to interest, amuse, or instruct the hearer or reader; tale
transitive verb: to ornament with pictured scenes, as from history or legend

story in American English 2
a section or horizontal division of a building, extending from the floor to the ceiling or roof lying directly above it; floor
noun: a complete horizontal section of a building, having one continuous or practically continuous floor

story in British English 1
noun: a narration of a chain of events told or written in prose or verse

story in British English 2
noun