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statement en · ADJ · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (General-American) audio
  • /ˈsteɪtm(ə)nt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈsteɪtmənt/ (General-American)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Indo-European *stéh₂-tu-s ~ *sth₂-téw-s Proto-Italic *status Latin statuslbor. Old French estatbor. Middle English stat English state Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English statement From state + -ment.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Decisive.
    • Gabriel Martinelli scored a dramatic late winner as Arsenal earned a statement victory over defending Premier League champions Manchester City at Emirates Stadium. 2023 October 8, Phil McNulty, “Arsenal 1-0 Manchester City”, in BBC Sport:

wikipedia: statement

statement en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (General-American) audio
  • /ˈsteɪtm(ə)nt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈsteɪtmənt/ (General-American)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Indo-European *stéh₂-tu-s ~ *sth₂-téw-s Proto-Italic *status Latin statuslbor. Old French estatbor. Middle English stat English state Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English statement From state + -ment.

Meanings

  1. A declaration or remark.
    • make a statement
    • publish a statement
    • utter a statement
  2. A presentation of opinion or position.
  3. A document that summarizes financial activity.
    • a bank statement
  4. An instruction in a computer program, especially one that returns no value, as opposed to a function call.
    • In this section we will examine BASIC's primary statement for repeating a string of statements under program control: the FOR statement. Another statement, the NEXT statement, is always used with a FOR statement. 1981, Thomas C. Bartee, BASIC computer programming, page 110:
    • However, it is the responsibility of the programmer to ensure that the control ultimately reaches the last statement of the range. 1989, M. K. Roy, Debabrata Ghosh Dastidar, COBOL Programming, page 174:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
statements Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

vision statement · counter statement · environmental impact statement · forestatement · restatement · blanket statement · bank statement · doorknob statement · normative statement · value statement · Sherman statement · if-then statement · fashion statement · e-statement · multistatement · proxy statement · impact statement · profit and loss statement · statement of accounts · account statement · costatement · statement of intent · counterstatement · opening statement · understatement · motherhood statement · scissor statement · written statement of employment · statement light · positive statement · overstatement · purpose statement · statemental · misstatement · income statement · diversity statement · P&L statement · pseudostatement · victim impact statement · singular statement · thesis statement · prepared statement · upside-down income statement · singular existential statement · substatement · statement of affairs · mission statement · metastatement · make a statement · statement of claim · financial statement · microstatement · problem statement · nonstatement

Hypernyms

talk · writing

Hyponyms

affirmation · protestation · comment · observation · allegation · slander · supposition · lemma · theorem · axiom · nonsense · corollary · saying · assertion · note · notice · proclamation · claim · avowal · postulate · argument

Meronyms

word

Relateds

last · full · private · bold · detailed · official · general · formal · simple · specific · true · clear · false · brief · prepared · first · public

Synonyms

remark · statement · expression · declaration

Translations (207)

de Anweisung (computing: instruction in a computer program) · ca declaració (declaration or remark) · mwl afirmaçon (declaration or remark) · fr déclaration (presentation of opinion or position — see also assertion, declaration, affirmation) · gd ràdh (declaration or remark) · fa-ira بَیانِیِه (declaration or remark) · ro remarcă (declaration or remark) · pam keyigkasan (declaration or remark) · pl instrukcja (computing: instruction in a computer program) · ar بَيَان (declaration or remark) · pap deklarashon (declaration or remark) · tl pahayag (declaration or remark) · pdt Berecht (presentation of opinion or position — see also assertion, declaration, affirmation) · sl izjava (declaration or remark) · cmn 聲明 /声明 (computing: instruction in a computer program) · hu bejelentés (presentation of opinion or position — see also assertion, declaration, affirmation) · hu közlemény (presentation of opinion or position — see also assertion, declaration, affirmation) · crh beyanat (declaration or remark) · ceb saysay (declaration or remark) · nl verklaring (presentation of opinion or position — see also assertion, declaration, affirmation) · pt declaração (computing: instruction in a computer program) · ga ráiteas (declaration or remark) · ru изложе́ние (presentation of opinion or position — see also assertion, declaration, affirmation) · fi kannanotto (presentation of opinion or position — see also assertion, declaration, affirmation) · cs výrok (presentation of opinion or position — see also assertion, declaration, affirmation) · cmn 銀行結單 /银行结单 (finance: document that summarizes financial activity) · mi taukī (declaration or remark) · ceb ihap (finance: document that summarizes financial activity) · tr bildirge (declaration or remark) · uz bayonot (declaration or remark) · mk изјава (declaration or remark) · th ข้อความสั่ง (computing: instruction in a computer program) · it dichiarazione (declaration or remark) · cmn 聲明 /声明 (declaration or remark) · mi tauaki (presentation of opinion or position — see also assertion, declaration, affirmation) · ca instrucció (computing: instruction in a computer program) · mn мэдэгдэл (declaration or remark) · bg твърде́ние (declaration or remark) · ro bilanț (finance: document that summarizes financial activity) · de Stellungnahme (presentation of opinion or position — see also assertion, declaration, affirmation) · he הַצְהָרָה (finance: document that summarizes financial activity) · fi käsky (computing: instruction in a computer program) · ca sentència (computing: instruction in a computer program) · lv paziņojums (declaration or remark) · yi דערקלערונג (presentation of opinion or position — see also assertion, declaration, affirmation) · sa वाद (presentation of opinion or position — see also assertion, declaration, affirmation) · be сцвярджэ́нне (declaration or remark) · bn বয়ান (declaration or remark) · hu kivonat (finance: document that summarizes financial activity) · bg изложе́ние (presentation of opinion or position — see also assertion, declaration, affirmation) · el δήλωση (presentation of opinion or position — see also assertion, declaration, affirmation) · ru бала́нс (finance: document that summarizes financial activity) · es enunciado (declaration or remark) · mr आज्ञा (computing: instruction in a computer program) · de Aussage (declaration or remark) · sk výrok (declaration or remark) · he קביעה (declaration or remark) · uk зая́ва (declaration or remark) · el εντολή (computing: instruction in a computer program) · nl instructie (computing: instruction in a computer program) · mi tātaku (presentation of opinion or position — see also assertion, declaration, affirmation) · th สเตตเมนต์ (finance: document that summarizes financial activity) · it rendiconto (finance: document that summarizes financial activity) · yi דערקלערונג (declaration or remark) · ug اخبارات (declaration or remark) · pt afirmação (presentation of opinion or position — see also assertion, declaration, affirmation) · pam agkas (declaration or remark) · id pernyataan (declaration or remark) · cs výrok (declaration or remark) · cmn 財務報告 /财务报告 (finance: document that summarizes financial activity) · sv uttryck (presentation of opinion or position — see also assertion, declaration, affirmation) · gd aithisg (finance: document that summarizes financial activity) · pam sambitla (declaration or remark) · ko(computing: instruction in a computer program) · sh ȉzjava (declaration or remark) · pam inamanu (declaration or remark) · ga ráiteas (presentation of opinion or position — see also assertion, declaration, affirmation) · kk мәлімдеме (presentation of opinion or position — see also assertion, declaration, affirmation) · ml പ്രസ്താവന (presentation of opinion or position — see also assertion, declaration, affirmation) · de Bekundung (presentation of opinion or position — see also assertion, declaration, affirmation) · ru кома́нда (computing: instruction in a computer program) · mi tauākī (declaration or remark) · ceb balansi (finance: document that summarizes financial activity) · fi lausunto (presentation of opinion or position — see also assertion, declaration, affirmation) · nl opmerking (declaration or remark) · tl ulat (declaration or remark) · el δήλωση (declaration or remark) · ko 성명 (declaration or remark) · es aseveración (declaration or remark) · ru формулиро́вка (presentation of opinion or position — see also assertion, declaration, affirmation) · ceb kwenta (finance: document that summarizes financial activity) · fr déclaration (declaration or remark) · sq deklaratë (declaration or remark) · ga ráiteas bainc (finance: document that summarizes financial activity) · nl stellingname (presentation of opinion or position — see also assertion, declaration, affirmation) · hu kijelentés (declaration or remark) · nl verklaring (declaration or remark) · uk тве́рдження (declaration or remark) · tr açıklama (presentation of opinion or position — see also assertion, declaration, affirmation) · cmn 陳述 /陈述 (declaration or remark) · ja(computing: instruction in a computer program) · sv programsats (computing: instruction in a computer program) · pl oświadczenie (presentation of opinion or position — see also assertion, declaration, affirmation) · hu állítás (declaration or remark) · he טַעֲנָה (presentation of opinion or position — see also assertion, declaration, affirmation) · ceb pahayag (declaration or remark) · fi toteamus (declaration or remark) · ru вы́писка (finance: document that summarizes financial activity) · la dictum (declaration or remark) · tr deklarasyon (presentation of opinion or position — see also assertion, declaration, affirmation) · fr relevé (finance: document that summarizes financial activity) · ga ráisteas cuntais (finance: document that summarizes financial activity) · bg кома́нда (computing: instruction in a computer program) · pam keyagkasan (declaration or remark) · mr विधान (declaration or remark) · et väide (declaration or remark) · hy հայտարարություն (declaration or remark) · ko 진술 (declaration or remark) · ja 報告書 (finance: document that summarizes financial activity) · cs výpis (finance: document that summarizes financial activity) · fo frágreiðing (presentation of opinion or position — see also assertion, declaration, affirmation) · ru утвержде́ние (declaration or remark) · ja 陳述 (declaration or remark) · cs tvrzení (declaration or remark) · bg изявле́ние (declaration or remark) · uk ре́чення (declaration or remark) · ka განცხადება (declaration or remark) · tr bildiri (presentation of opinion or position — see also assertion, declaration, affirmation) · pt declaração (declaration or remark) · tk beýanat (declaration or remark) · de Auszug (finance: document that summarizes financial activity) · pt extrato (finance: document that summarizes financial activity) · fi julkilausuma (presentation of opinion or position — see also assertion, declaration, affirmation) · ar تَصْرِيح (declaration or remark) · pam igkas (declaration or remark) · hi कथन (declaration or remark) · tr demeç (declaration or remark) · ml പ്രസ്താവന (declaration or remark) · he הַצְהָרָה (declaration or remark) · tg баёния (declaration or remark) · hu nyilatkozat (presentation of opinion or position — see also assertion, declaration, affirmation) · ug بايانات (declaration or remark) · mi tātaku (declaration or remark) · nl verklaring (computing: instruction in a computer program) · sk tvrdenie (declaration or remark) · ro declarație (declaration or remark) · mi tauākī (finance: document that summarizes financial activity) · ro instrucțiune (computing: instruction in a computer program) · pl twierdzenie (declaration or remark) · de Erklärung (declaration or remark) · sv sats (computing: instruction in a computer program) · fi lause (computing: instruction in a computer program) · hu kimutatás (finance: document that summarizes financial activity) · ru инстру́кция (computing: instruction in a computer program) · ca declaració (presentation of opinion or position — see also assertion, declaration, affirmation) · ur بَیان (declaration or remark) · be зая́ва (declaration or remark) · tr beyanat (declaration or remark) · da meningstilkendegivelse (presentation of opinion or position — see also assertion, declaration, affirmation) · de Erklärung (presentation of opinion or position — see also assertion, declaration, affirmation) · hu utasítás (computing: instruction in a computer program) · is yfirlýsing (declaration or remark) · pt declaração (presentation of opinion or position — see also assertion, declaration, affirmation) · bg отче́т (finance: document that summarizes financial activity) · hu számlakivonat (finance: document that summarizes financial activity) · ru опера́тор (computing: instruction in a computer program) · th งบ (finance: document that summarizes financial activity) · pt afirmação (declaration or remark) · ru отчёт (finance: document that summarizes financial activity) · eo atesto (presentation of opinion or position — see also assertion, declaration, affirmation) · pl wypis (finance: document that summarizes financial activity) · he הצהרה (computing: instruction in a computer program) · tr ekstre (finance: document that summarizes financial activity) · ms kenyataan (declaration or remark) · sh и̏зјава (declaration or remark) · fo frágreiðing (declaration or remark) · ja 声明 (declaration or remark) · be сьцьвярджэ́ньне (declaration or remark) · az bəyanat (declaration or remark) · nl uittreksel (finance: document that summarizes financial activity) · ro declarație (presentation of opinion or position — see also assertion, declaration, affirmation) · hi प्रख्यापन (declaration or remark) · tr açıklama (declaration or remark) · pl stwierdzenie (declaration or remark) · ru заявле́ние (declaration or remark) · lt tvirtinimas (declaration or remark) · lt pareiškimas (declaration or remark) · fi tiliote (finance: document that summarizes financial activity) · tl deklarasyon (presentation of opinion or position — see also assertion, declaration, affirmation) · pl wyciąg (finance: document that summarizes financial activity) · th ถ้อยแถลง (declaration or remark) · ca extracte (finance: document that summarizes financial activity) · fr instruction (computing: instruction in a computer program) · ceb tanyag (presentation of opinion or position — see also assertion, declaration, affirmation) · hu bankszámlakivonat (finance: document that summarizes financial activity) · th แถลงการณ์ (declaration or remark) · nl bemerking (declaration or remark) · nv chʼíhootʼánígíí (declaration or remark) · gd ràdh (presentation of opinion or position — see also assertion, declaration, affirmation) · de Angabe (declaration or remark) · th คำแถลง (declaration or remark) · de Kontoauszug (finance: document that summarizes financial activity) · ms penyata (declaration or remark) · ro instrucțiuni (computing: instruction in a computer program) · hu egyenlegértesítő (finance: document that summarizes financial activity) · eo etato (finance: document that summarizes financial activity) · da udsagn (declaration or remark)

wikipedia: statement

statement en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • (General-American) audio
  • /ˈsteɪtm(ə)nt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈsteɪtmənt/ (General-American)

Etymology

Back-formation from statementing or back-formation from statemented.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To provide an official document of a proposition, especially in the UK, a Statement of Special Educational Needs.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
statementing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
statemented Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
statemented Tense=Past lexicographic
statements Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

wikipedia: statement