tale

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

noun

1. a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events;
presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program (Freq. 26)
- his narrative was interesting
- Disney's stories entertain adults as well as children
• Syn:
narrative, narration, story
• Derivationally related forms:
tell, narrate (for: narration)
• Hypernyms:
message, content, subject matter, substance
• Hyponyms:
tearjerker, tall tale, folktale, folk tale, sob story,
sob stuff, fairytale, fairy tale, fairy story, nursery rhyme
• Instance Hyponyms:
Canterbury Tales
2. a trivial lie (Freq. 6)
- he told a fib about eating his spinach
- how can I stop my child from telling stories?
• Syn:
fib, story, tarradiddle, taradiddle
• Derivationally related forms:
fib (for: fib)
• Hypernyms:
lie, prevarication
• Hyponyms:
fairytale, fairy tale, fairy story, cock-and-bull story, song and dance

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  fib, story, tarradiddle, taradiddle, narrative, narration