anecdote
noun/ˈænɪkdəʊt/
/ˈænɪkdəʊt/
[countable, uncountable]- a short, interesting or funny story about a real person or event
- amusing anecdotes about his brief career as an actor
- The book is a rich store of anecdote.
Extra ExamplesTopics Literature and writingb2- The biographer provides a telling anecdote about the President's actions at this time.
- We swapped anecdotes about old friends.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- amusing
- entertaining
- humorous
- …
- recount
- relate
- tell
- …
- anecdote about
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- a personal account of an event
- This research is based on anecdote, not fact.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- amusing
- entertaining
- humorous
- …
- recount
- relate
- tell
- …
- anecdote about
Word Originlate 17th cent.: from French, or via modern Latin from Greek anekdota ‘things unpublished’, from an- ‘not’ + ekdotos, from ekdidōnai ‘publish’.
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