Meaning of Anecdote | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A short account of a real incident or person, often humorous or interesting.
   countable, uncountable
2. An account which supports an argument, but which is not supported by scientific or statistical analysis.
   countable, uncountable
3. A previously untold secret account of an incident.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“tell an anecdote”

“relate a short anecdote”

“Like all travellers, he is full of anecdote, and has at his command the rarest news of the time. […] Generous, convivial, and full of anecdote, the mercantile agent is a good companion, and his conversation never fails to make glad and jocund the society of that otherwise dullest of places, an English stage coach.”

CEFR level