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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
storey



storey [storey storeys] (especially BrE) (especially US story)BrE [ˈstɔːri] NAmE [ˈstɔːri] noun (pl. stor·eys, NAmE stor·ies)
1. a level of a building; a floor
the upper/lower storey of the house
a single-storey/two-storey building
see also multi-storey
2. -storeyed (BrE) (NAmE -storied) (in adjectives) (of a building)having the number of levels mentioned
a four-storeyed building
See also:story

Word Origin:
late Middle English: shortening of Latin historia ‘history, story’, a special use in Anglo-Latin, perhaps originally denoting a tier of painted windows or sculptures on the front of a building (representing a historical subject).

Which Word?:
storey / floor
You use storey (BrE)/story (NAmE) mainly when you are talking about the number of levels a building has: a five-storey house The office building is five storeys high.
Floor is used mainly to talk about which particular level in the building someone lives on, goes to, etc: His office is on the fifth floor.
note at ↑floor

Example Bank:
He jumped out of the second-storey/second-story window.
I live on the top storey.
The building is four storeys/stories high.
The building is four storeys high.
The house has three storeys.
The kitchen occupies the lower storey.
They plan to add an extra storey.
a five-storey house
a single-storey/two-storey/three-storey building

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