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DETECTIVE STORY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does detective story mean?
• DETECTIVE STORY (noun)
The noun DETECTIVE STORY has 1 sense:
1. a narrative about someone who investigates crimes and obtains evidence leading to their resolution
Familiarity information: DETECTIVE STORY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A narrative about someone who investigates crimes and obtains evidence leading to their resolution
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("detective story" is a kind of...):
mystery; mystery story; whodunit (a story about a crime (usually murder) presented as a novel or play or movie)
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