story – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of story

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to story
Participle: storied
Gerund: storying

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Istory
youstory
he;she;itstories
westory
youstory
theystory

Perfect

Ihave storied
youhave storied
he;she;ithas storied
wehave storied
youhave storied
theyhave storied

Past

Istoried
youstoried
he;she;itstoried
westoried
youstoried
theystoried

Pluperfect

Ihad storied
youhad storied
he;she;ithad storied
wehad storied
youhad storied
theyhad storied

Future

Iwill story
youwill story
he;she;itwill story
wewill story
youwill story
theywill story

Future Perfect

Iwill have storied
youwill have storied
he;she;itwill have storied
wewill have storied
youwill have storied
theywill have storied

Subjunctive

Present

Istory
youstory
he;she;itstory
westory
youstory
theystory

Perfect

Ihave storied
youhave storied
he;she;ithave storied
wehave storied
youhave storied
theyhave storied

Imperfect

Istoried
youstoried
he;she;itstoried
westoried
youstoried
theystoried

Pluperfect

Ihad storied
youhad storied
he;she;ithad storied
wehad storied
youhad storied
theyhad storied

Conditional

Present

Iwould story
youwould story
he;she;itwould story
wewould story
youwould story
theywould story

Perfect

Iwould have storied
youwould have storied
he;she;itwould have storied
wewould have storied
youwould have storied
theywould have storied

Imperative

youstory
weLet's story
youstory

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam storying
youare storying
he;she;itis storying
weare storying
youare storying
theyare storying

Perfect

Ihave been storying
youhave been storying
he;she;ithas been storying
wehave been storying
youhave been storying
theyhave been storying

Past

Iwas storying
youwere storying
he;she;itwas storying
wewere storying
youwere storying
theywere storying

Pluperfect

Ihad been storying
youhad been storying
he;she;ithad been storying
wehad been storying
youhad been storying
theyhad been storying

Future

Iwill be storying
youwill be storying
he;she;itwill be storying
wewill be storying
youwill be storying
theywill be storying

Future Perfect

Iwill have been storying
youwill have been storying
he;she;itwill have been storying
wewill have been storying
youwill have been storying
theywill have been storying

Conditional

Present

Iwould be storying
youwould be storying
he;she;itwould be storying
wewould be storying
youwould be storying
theywould be storying

Perfect

Iwould have been storying
youwould have been storying
he;she;itwould have been storying
wewould have been storying
youwould have been storying
theywould have been storying

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'story'

accompany, acetify, acidify, adsignify, affy, alacrify, alkalify, ally, amnesty, amplify, angelify, anglicify, anglify, apology, apply, arefy, argufy, astony, atrophy, avowtry, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'story'

store, storm, astony, astore, glory, history, score, scorn, scry, serry,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *weyd-
3. Proto-Indo-European *-tōr
4. Proto-Indo-European *wéydtōr
5. Proto-Hellenic *wístōr
6. Ancient Greek ῐ̔́στωρ (hĭ́stōr)
7. Proto-Indo-European *-eti
8. Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti
9. Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti
10. Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti
11. Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
12. Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti
13. Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
14. Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti
15. Ancient Greek -έω (-éō)
16. Ancient Greek ῐ̔στορέω (hĭstoréō)
17. Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
18. Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
19. Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂
20. Proto-Hellenic *-íā
21. Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā)
22. Ancient Greek ῐ̔στορῐ́ᾱ (hĭstorĭ́ā)bor.
23. Latin historiader.
24. Old French estoire
25. Old French estoriebor.
26. Middle English storie
27. English story
28. From Middle English storie, storye, from Anglo-Norman estorie by aphesis, from Latin historia, from Ancient Greek ῐ̔στορῐ́ᾱ (hĭstorĭ́ā, “learning through research”). Doublet of history and storey.

Verbs referencing "story"

Sranan tori.

Sample Sentences

  • How worthy he is I will leave to appear hereafter, rather than story him in his own hearing. [1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene v]:]
  • It is storied of the brazen colossus in Rhodes, that it was seventy cubits high. [1648, John Wilkins, Mathematicall Magick. Or, The Wonders that may be Performed by Mechanicall Geometry. […], London: […] M[iles] F[lesher] for Sa[muel] Gellibrand […], →OCLC:]
  • The further claim is that we create or invent the self specifically by “writing” and “storying” it. [2004 January 10, Galen Strawson, “Review: Making Stories by Jerome Bruner”, in The Guardian:]
  • But Portman, quite self-deprecating about her social-media savvy, says she . . . isn’t quite fully at ease yet with the world of double-taps and geotags and storying. [2018 February 12, Josh Duboff, “Reese Witherspoon Is Natalie Portman’s Instagram Guru”, in Vanity Fair:]
  • I hereby argue that the only thing that would make these mini Friends reunions truly complete would be contributions from Aniston herself, who decidedly does not have an Instagram page. Imagine the content possibilities: Aniston looking flawless and chic by the pool; Aniston Storying herself shopping at Gelson’s; […] [2019 June 24, Christian Allaire, “Jennifer Aniston, We Beg You, Get on Instagram”, in Vogue:]