saga
noun /ˈsɑːɡə/
/ˈsɑːɡə/
- a long traditional story about adventures and brave acts, especially one from Norway or IcelandTopics Literature and writingc2
- a long story about events over a period of many years
- a family saga
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- continuing
- ongoing
- long
- …
- continue
- in a/the saga
- a long series of events or adventures and/or a report about them
- The front page is devoted to the continuing saga of the hijack.
- (humorous) the saga of how I missed the plane
- This whole saga has been a pretty significant victory for truth.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- continuing
- ongoing
- long
- …
- continue
- in a/the saga
Word Originearly 18th cent.: from Old Norse, literally ‘narrative’; related to the noun saw (sense 2).