Topic: BUILDING
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| Date: | 1300-1400 |
| Origin: | story; perhaps because some medieval buildings had paintings on their walls telling stories |
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sto‧rey British English ; story American English
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[countable]WORD CHOICE: WORD CHOICE:
storey, story, floorStorey (BrE) or story (AmE) is usually used to talk about the structure of a building • a building dozens of storeys high • a three-storey house The plural of story is stories • The office block was 20 stories high. To talk about where someone or something is in a building, use floor • We went up to the top floor. • He works on the fifteenth floor. • Is there a bathroom on this floor?
WORD CHOICE: storey, story, floorStorey (BrE) or story (AmE) is usually used to talk about the structure of a building • a building dozens of storeys high • a three-storey house The plural of story is stories • The office block was 20 stories high. To talk about where someone or something is in a building, use floor • We went up to the top floor. • He works on the fifteenth floor. • Is there a bathroom on this floor?
