Meaning of "story"

story •

n.
• • 1. an account of some happening or group of happenings: kuwento [kwento], salaysay, pagsasalaysay, istorya, bida
  • 2. such an account, either true or madeup, intended to interest the reader or hearer: salaysay, kuwento [kwento], katha, istorya
  • 3. a falsehood: kasinungalingan, katakata, kabulaanan
  • 4. the set of rooms on the same level or floor of a building: palapag, piso
  • 5. to tell a story, to give an account of some happening: magkuwento, ikuwento, kuwentuhan, magsalaysay, isalaysay, salaysayan, magbida, ibida

» synonyms and related words:

hero

n.
• • 1. a person distinguished for valor: bayani
  • 2. the most important person in story or play: bida, pangunahing tauhan

tell

v.
• • 1. to put in words, say: magsabi, sabihin
  • 2. to inform, tell to: magpatalastas, ipatalastas, pagpatalastasan, magpabatid, ipabatid, sabihin, sabihan
  • 3. to make known: magbigay-alam, ipagbigayalam, ipaalam
  • 4. to know, inform: malaman, mabatid
  • 5. to order, command: mag-utos, iutos, utusan, mag-atas, iatas, atasan
  • 6. to count, count one by one: magbilang, bumilang, bilangin
  • 7. to tell a lie: magsinungaling, magsinungaling, pagsinungalingan, magbulaan, pagbulaanan
  • 8. to tell the truth: magtapat, ipagtapat, pagtapatan, sabihin ang katotohanan
  • 9. to tell a story: magkuwento, ikuwento, magbida, ibida
  • 10. to tell on somebody: magsumbong, ipagsumbong, isumbong

fable

n.
• • 1. a story that is made up to teach a lesson: pabula, kuwentong nagbibigay-aral
  • 2. a fictitious narrative or statement: katha-katha, gawa-gawa
  • 3. a legend: alamat

upstairs

adj.
• • on an upper floor: sa itaas, sa itaas na palapag

n.
• • the upper story: ang itaas na palapag, ang itaas ng bahay

novel

n.
• • a story with characters and a plot: nobela, kathambuhay

adj.
• • new, of a new king or nature: bago, nababago, naiiba

floor

n.
• • 1. the part of a room to walk on: sahig
  • 2. story of a building: palapag, grado

v.
• • 1. to put a floor in or on: magsahig, sahigan
  • 2. to defeat, esp. in argument: matalo, talunin

narration

n.
• • 1. telling: pagsasalaysay, pagkukuwento, pagbibida, pagbibida
  • 2. a story, account: kuwento, salaysay, talambuhay, kasaysayan

compress

v.
• • 1. to flatten by pressure: magpikpik, pumikpik, pikpikin, pisa, pinisa
  • 2. to make shorter or briefer, as a story or novel: magpaikli, paikliin
  • 3. to make compact (e.g. contents of a basket, etc.): magsiksik, sumiksik, masiksik, siksikin
  • 4. to compress by squeezing: magpiga, pumiga, pigain

n.
• • a pad of wet cloth applied to the body in sickness: pomento, pamento

legend

n.
• • a story coming down from the past, which many people have believed: alamat

romance

n.
• • 1. a love affair: romansa, pag-iibigan, pagmamahalan
  • 2. a love story: kuwento ng romansa, kuwento ng pag-iibigan
  • 3. a story or poem telling of heroes: romansa, kasaysayan ng kabayanihan

thread

n.
• • 1. cotton, silk, flax, etc., spun out into a fine cord: sinulid
  • 2. the thread raveled out of a cloth: himulmol, himaymay, hibla
  • 3. the main thought which connects the parts of a story or speech: diwa
  • 4. the winding, sloping ridge of a screw: roskas

v.
• • 1. to pass a thread through: magtuhog, tuhugin
  • 2. to thread a needle: sulutan ng sinulid ang karayom
  • 3. to make ones way through, make ones way carefully, go in a winding course: magpalusut-lusot, lumusut-lusot, magpasikut-sikot, sumikut-sikot
  • 4. to form a thread on a screw: magroskas, roskasan, maglagay (lagyan) ng roskas

play

n.
• • 1. fun, sport, action to amuse oneself: laro, paglalaro
  • 2. a turn, move or act in a game as in chess and the like: sulong, tira
  • 3. a story acted on the stage: dula, drama, palabas
  • 4. a performance on a musical instrument: tugtog, pagtugtog
  • 5. an action: gawa, kagagawan
  • 6. gambling: sugal, pagsusugal, huwego, paghuhuwego

v.
• • 1. to have fun, to do something in sport: maglaro, laruin
  • 2. to gamble: magsugal, isugal, maghuwego, ihuwego
  • 3. to take part in a game: sumali sa laro, makipaglaro
  • 4. to play against, to compete: lumaban, labanan (sa laro), makipagpaligsahan (sa laro)
  • 5. to make music on an instrument, to make, give forth music, to produce as music: tumugtog, tugtugin
  • 6. to act a part, to act the part of: gumanap ng papel, ganapin ang papel
  • 7. to act carelessly, to do foolish things with something: paglaruan, laruin
  • 8. to play on, to take advantage of; make use of: magsamantala, pagsamantalahan, samantalahin

flight

n.
• • 1. act or manner of flying: lipad, paglipad
  • 2. trip in an airplane: paglipad (paglalakbay) sa eroplano
  • 3. set of stairs or steps from one landing or one story of a building to the next: hagdanan
  • 4. running away, escape: pagtakas, pagtatanan, pag-alpas

allegory

n.
• • a representation of a figurative story: alegoriya, talinghaga

narrate

v.
• • 1. to tell the story of: magkuwento, ikuwento, magbida, magbida, ibida
  • 2. to relate: magsalaysay, isalaysay, magsaysay, isaysay

palapag

n.
• • floor or story of a building

bida

v.
• • magbida, ibida (mag-:i-) to tell or relate a story or happening. Ibida mo naman sa amin ang biyahe mo. Tell us about your trip.

kuwento

n.
• • [kwento], story, narration, short story [syn. istorya] magkuwento, ikuwento (mag:i-)

v.
• • to tell or relate a story. Ikuwento mo ang nangyari. Tell what happened.

istorya

n.
• • story [syn. kuwento, kwento]

salaysay

n.
• • narration, story magsalaysay, isalaysay (mag-:i-)

v.
• • to narrate, to relate, to tell a story. Isalaysay mo ang nangyari. Narrate what happened.

unawa

adj.
• • maunawain (ma-in) understanding

v.
• • umunawa', unawain (-um-:-in) to understand, to grasp mentally, to get the idea of. Unawain niyo ang nilalaman ng kuwento. Get the central idea of the story.