Dictionary

status en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• [ˈsteɪɾ.əs] (Canada, General-American)
• (UK) audio
• [ˈstæɪɾ.əs] (Australia, New-Zealand)
• /ˈstæt.əs/ (Australia, Canada, Ireland, US)
• [ˈstæɾ.əs] (Australia, Canada, Ireland, US)
• /ˈsteɪ.təs/ (General-South-African, Ireland, Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈstɛː.təs/ Northern England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales, many accents
• (US) audio
• /ˈstæɪ.təs/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
• /ˈsteː.təs/ Northern England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales, many accents
• /ˈsteɪt.əs/ (Canada, General-American)

Etymology

A learned borrowing from Latin status. A doublet of state and estate. Displaced native Old English hād (“rank, status”).

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A person’s condition, position or standing relative to that of others.
   • This time, there’s no great discrepancy in status; both fiancés are part of the urban, white-collar middle class. 2026 May 27, Judy Berman, “When Did On-Screen Weddings Get So Bleak?”, in TIME, archived from the original on 28 May 2026:
   • Superstition is highly correlated with economic status.
2. (countable, uncountable) Prestige or high standing.
   • The king has status in his kingdom, and the pauper has status within his immediate group of peers. 1957, Gladys Sellew, Paul Hanly Furfey, Sociology and Its Use in Nursing Service, Saunders, page 81:
   • It is no secret that the military was a bastion of racism and sexism keeping blacks and women in the housekeeping and other non-status jobs. 1979 April 28, Mary A. Lowry, “Those Wonderful Women in Their Flying Machines (review)”, in Gay Community News, page 10:
3. (countable, uncountable) A situation or state of affairs.
   • Near-synonym: footing
   • New York is known for its status as a financial center.
   • If the takeover is approved, Comcast would control 20 of the top 25 cable markets, […]. Antitrust officials will need to consider Comcast's status as a monopsony (a buyer with disproportionate power), when it comes to negotiations with programmers, whose channels it pays to carry. 2014 March 15, “Turn It Off”, in The Economist, volume 410, number 8878:
   • What's the status of the investigation?
4. (countable, uncountable) The legal condition of a person or thing.
5. (Canada, countable, uncountable, used to modify another noun, usually) The legal condition of a person or thing. ▸ The state (of a Canadian First Nations person) of being registered under the Indian Act.
   • He is a status Indian.
6. (countable, qualifier:social media, uncountable) A function of some instant messaging applications, whereby a user may post a message that appears automatically to other users, if they attempt to make contact.
   • I read your status last night / You posted that someone else was holding you tight 2012, “Facebook Drama”, performed by Northern Cree:
   • I'm just about to update my status to "busy".
7. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable) Short for status epilepticus or status asthmaticus.
   alt of status epilepticus or status asthmaticus

Forms

Deriveds

status ailment · status offender · achieved status · statusless · status conference · relationship status · status in quo · status zero · low-status · status dramaticus · status quo ante · status symbol · status quoism · status Indian · antistatus · master status · status rectus · in status nascendi · statusmaxx · high-status · status quoist · statusful · status absolutus · flight status · senior status · status line · status zer0 · serostatus · status effect · ascribed status · substatus · immunostatus · status bar · multistatus · nonstatus · superstatus · status group · status constructus · status quo · civil status · status offense · status report · status strip · status mixtus · non-status Indian · status card · social status · marital status

Descendants

status

Synonyms

footing · place

Translations (169)

ko 지위 (person’s position or standing) · es status (situation or state of affairs — see also state) · hu státus (person’s position or standing) · hu helyzet (person’s position or standing) · ba торош (person’s position or standing) · nl status (situation or state of affairs — see also state) · sv status (situation or state of affairs — see also state) · ar دَرَجَة (person’s position or standing) · pl status (person’s position or standing) · da status (social networking: function of some instant messaging applications) · sh státus (situation or state of affairs — see also state) · km ឋានៈ (situation or state of affairs — see also state) · fi status (medicine: prolonged attack of asthma or epilepsy) · hu jogviszony (legal condition) · bg ранг (prestige or high standing) · is staða (person’s position or standing) · ar رُتْبَة (person’s position or standing) · it stato (person’s position or standing) · fa وضعیت (situation or state of affairs — see also state) · el θέση (person’s position or standing) · de Stand (situation or state of affairs — see also state) · ko 상태 (situation or state of affairs — see also state) · be стан (person’s position or standing) · pl stan (situation or state of affairs — see also state) · es status (person’s position or standing) · de Status (social networking: function of some instant messaging applications) · km ភាព (situation or state of affairs — see also state) · ja 有様 (situation or state of affairs — see also state) · te స్థానం (person’s position or standing) · sv nuläge (situation or state of affairs — see also state) · tg вазъият (person’s position or standing) · ru положе́ние (situation or state of affairs — see also state) · fr état (situation or state of affairs — see also state) · bg състоя́ние (situation or state of affairs — see also state) · uk стано́вище (situation or state of affairs — see also state) · fi tila (situation or state of affairs — see also state) · el καθεστώς (situation or state of affairs — see also state) · th สถานภาพ (person’s position or standing) · km ស្ថានភាព (situation or state of affairs — see also state) · ko 신분 (person’s position or standing) · fi tilanne (situation or state of affairs — see also state) · ta அந்தஸ்து (person’s position or standing) · fa وضعیت (person’s position or standing) · fa حالت (situation or state of affairs — see also state) · be стано́вішча (situation or state of affairs — see also state) · shn ၸၼ်ႉထၢၼ်ႈ (person’s position or standing) · kk дәреже (person’s position or standing) · bg ста́тус (person’s position or standing) · ota بال (person’s position or standing) · el υπόσταση (person’s position or standing) · ar تَرْتِيب (person’s position or standing) · sl položaj (situation or state of affairs — see also state) · tg ҳолат (situation or state of affairs — see also state) · cy statws (situation or state of affairs — see also state) · ro poziție (a cuiva) (person’s position or standing) · kk бедел (prestige or high standing) · hi हालत (situation or state of affairs — see also state) · da anseende (prestige or high standing) · ar مَنْزِلَة (person’s position or standing) · bg състоя́ние (person’s position or standing) · da status (person’s position or standing) · be стан (situation or state of affairs — see also state) · ro statut (person’s position or standing) · mk статус (person’s position or standing) · hy իրավիճակ (situation or state of affairs — see also state) · da nuværende situation (situation or state of affairs — see also state) · th สภาพ (situation or state of affairs — see also state) · ja 地位 (person’s position or standing) · eo stato (situation or state of affairs — see also state) · mi tupu (person’s position or standing) · fi tila (social networking: function of some instant messaging applications) · de Status (person’s position or standing) · ba хәл (situation or state of affairs — see also state) · hu jogállás (legal condition) · nb status (person’s position or standing) · ru ста́тус (person’s position or standing) · fa حال (situation or state of affairs — see also state) · sh ста́тус (person’s position or standing) · fa وضع (person’s position or standing) · da status (situation or state of affairs — see also state) · et olek (situation or state of affairs — see also state) · hi प्रतिष्ठा (prestige or high standing) · fa جایگاه (person’s position or standing) · fr état (person’s position or standing) · sh ста́ње (situation or state of affairs — see also state) · kk терезе (person’s position or standing) · ro stare (situation or state of affairs — see also state) · et seisund (person’s position or standing) · fi asema (person’s position or standing) · la status (person’s position or standing) · hu állás (situation or state of affairs — see also state) · pt estado (situation or state of affairs — see also state) · id keadaan (situation or state of affairs — see also state) · ja 状態 (situation or state of affairs — see also state) · hi स्थिति (situation or state of affairs — see also state) · de Ansehen (prestige or high standing) · ar وَضْعِيَّة (situation or state of affairs — see also state) · vi trạng thái (situation or state of affairs — see also state) · tr statü (prestige or high standing) · ja 身分 (person’s position or standing) · ja 様子 (situation or state of affairs — see also state) · sh stánje (situation or state of affairs — see also state) · lo ສະຖານະພາບ (person’s position or standing) · fi oikeusasema (legal condition) · nl aanzien (prestige or high standing) · it stato (situation or state of affairs — see also state) · sk postavenie (person’s position or standing) · sh ста́тус (situation or state of affairs — see also state) · el κατάταση (social networking: function of some instant messaging applications) · ba абруй (prestige or high standing) · ru положе́ние (person’s position or standing) · tr durum (social networking: function of some instant messaging applications) · es estatus (situation or state of affairs — see also state) · sl stanje (situation or state of affairs — see also state) · sk stav (situation or state of affairs — see also state) · cs životní úroveň (person’s position or standing) · uk ста́тус (person’s position or standing) · ar مَنْصِب (person’s position or standing) · ota پرهسه (person’s position or standing) · ro situație (situation or state of affairs — see also state) · et seisund (situation or state of affairs — see also state) · fi status (person’s position or standing) · zh 狀態 /状态 (situation or state of affairs — see also state) · hi पद (person’s position or standing) · hy կարգավիճակ (person’s position or standing) · hu pozíció (person’s position or standing) · ar مَرْتَبَة (person’s position or standing) · tg вазъият (situation or state of affairs — see also state) · uk стан (person’s position or standing) · bg положе́ние (situation or state of affairs — see also state) · ko 높은 지위 (prestige or high standing) · sv status (person’s position or standing) · zh 地位 (person’s position or standing) · hu állapot (social networking: function of some instant messaging applications) · tg ҳол (situation or state of affairs — see also state) · cy statws (person’s position or standing) · ur حالَت (situation or state of affairs — see also state) · tr statü (person’s position or standing) · bg положе́ние (person’s position or standing) · el κατάσταση (situation or state of affairs — see also state) · sh státus (person’s position or standing) · pt status (prestige or high standing) · el υπόσταση (situation or state of affairs — see also state) · nl status (person’s position or standing) · sk životná úroveň (person’s position or standing) · pt status (person’s position or standing) · kk мәртебе (person’s position or standing) · eo prestiĝo (person’s position or standing) · uk стан (situation or state of affairs — see also state) · tr durum (situation or state of affairs — see also state) · cs postavení (person’s position or standing) · ar حَال (situation or state of affairs — see also state) · fi status (prestige or high standing) · ar حَالَة (situation or state of affairs — see also state) · ru состоя́ние (situation or state of affairs — see also state) · mi tūranga (person’s position or standing) · ta நிலைமை (situation or state of affairs — see also state) · fr statut (situation or state of affairs — see also state) · de Status (situation or state of affairs — see also state) · ru состоя́ние (person’s position or standing) · be ста́тус (person’s position or standing) · da anseende (person’s position or standing) · th สถานะ (situation or state of affairs — see also state) · es estatus (person’s position or standing) · zh 身份 (person’s position or standing) · pt status (situation or state of affairs — see also state) · mk состојба (situation or state of affairs — see also state) · ta நிலை (situation or state of affairs — see also state) · cs stav (situation or state of affairs — see also state)