Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The act of stating or declaring.
- n. Something stated; a declaration.
- n. Law A formal pleading.
- n. An abstract of a commercial or financial account showing an amount due; a bill.
- n. A monthly report sent to a debtor or bank depositor.
- n. Computer Science An elementary instruction in a programming language.
- n. An overall impression or mood intended to be communicated, especially by means other than words: Glass, exposed beams, and antiques were combined to create a strong decorative statement.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The act of stating, reciting, or presenting verbally or on paper.
- n. That which is stated; a formal embodiment in language of facts or opinions; a narrative; a recital; the expression of a fact or of an opinion; account; report: as, a verbal statement; a written statement; a bank statement; a doctrinal statement.
- n. In law, a formal narration of facts or an averment in judicial proceedings, as the allegations of a complaint or answer in a cause.
Wiktionary
- n. A declaration or remark.
- n. A presentation of opinion or position.
- n. finance A document that summarizes financial activity.
- n. computing An instruction in a computer program.
- v. transitive To provide an official document of a proposition, especially in the UK a Statement of Special Educational Needs.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The act of stating, reciting, or presenting, orally or on paper.
- n. That which is stated; a formal embodiment in language of facts or opinions; a narrative; a recital.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the act of affirming or asserting or stating something
- n. a fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true
- n. (music) the presentation of a musical theme
- n. a document showing credits and debits
- n. (computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program
- n. a nonverbal message
- n. a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc
Etymologies
- Back-formation from statementing. and statemented (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Usually, this kind of statement is code for Woo-hoo!”
“Now this statement is finally a mature statement from a Spurs fan that I agree with.”
“The title statement really is true, isn't it The health of your business is a reflection of the health of your customers 'businesses”
“I want palin to kick rocks, her statement is as stupid is as stupid does. lovable liberal”
“This statement is accurate to. 01% of a plausibility unit.”
“This statement is an important one for the Christian community.”
“That is the main statement, which is new and has not been made before.”
“Whatever her motives, the veracity of her statement is all too clear and not only in Germany.”
“This statement is an optimistic sign, especially as some groups outside the mainstream continue to lobby for stringent regulations without the support of the public or our elected officials.”
The Huffington Post: Julius H. Hollis: Diverse Support for Open Internet
“Obama statement is at the heart of this, not what the officer or Gates did.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘statement’.
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EU Buzz - ALL words and expressions
A combined list of
1. EU Buzz - single words
2. EU Buzz - collocations
3. EU Buzz - the 100 most active
collocation constituentsabsorption capacity, absorption rate, acceding country, accession candidate, accession countries, accession country, accession criteria, accession cycle, accession negotia..., accession partner..., accession priorities, accession treaty and 2650 more...
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Language
word, sentence, novel, book, novella, vignette, memoir, anthology, paragraph, stanza, poem, haiku and 123 more...
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Options Lexis
Options terms you must know in order to be a successful options trader.
abandon, accrued interest, acquisition, adjusted option, affidavit of domi..., all-or-none order..., american deposito..., american stock ex..., american-style op..., arbitrage, ask or offer, assigned and 366 more...
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JURI - courtroom speak
Legal glossary with special focus on courtroom vocabulary
accused, acquittal, ADA, adjournment, adjudication, affidavit, affirmed, aggravated range, aggravating factors, allegation, alleged, answer and 794 more...
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SEDE - intelligence and communication
passive public in..., initial exercise ..., printed media, observation flight, reconnaissance ai..., advanced tactical..., recconnaissance, communication sys..., communications sa..., communication wit..., electronic counte..., engineer intellig... and 131 more...
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webdev
random webdev lingo used primarily in computer programming.
( open list, randomness, technical jargon, geek speak )
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ajax, user, admin, frontend, backend, database, sql, protocol, call, dom, layout, ui and 440 more... -
EU Buzz - Lisbon Treaty
All words of the Lisbon Treaty
(Persons' names, foreign and grammatical words have been eliminated, MWEs have been split up into individual words. Capitalization has been retained if r...conferral, stateless, person, voting, right, subsidiarity, Latvia, Malta, Slovenia, Lithuania, Finland, Estonia and 2614 more...
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EU Buzz - single words (1+2+3)
1. Strictly EU terms with special European meaning used only in the EU
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2. Keywords central to the understanding of the EU (people working for the EU are usually able to give thematic...acceleration, action, additionality, administrator, agenda, agricultural, agri-environmental, agriflation, agri-food, applicant, approach, assent and 1325 more...
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INTERP - types of documents
accounts laid bef..., alternative amend..., amendment made by, bill, bills of major co..., budget blueprint, bulky document, Code of Conduct f..., committee recomme..., committee reports..., committee’s opinion, committee's propo... and 103 more...
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-ment
result; product; instrument; means
pavement, adornment, measurement, disappointment, appointment, reappointment, government, management, development, department, movement, agreement and 40 more...
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Programming
class, function, method, instance, value, variable, boolean, if, else, while, for, elseif and 95 more...
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kalidas's Words
crepuscular, mellifluous, ephemeral, diaphanous, zeitgeist, geisterfahrer, infinite, eternal, idyllic, azure, reminiscent, oblivion and 521 more...
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Prosie: Lincoln's Second Inaugural Ad...
(Given Saturday, March 4, 1865, Washington, D.C.)
Fellow-Countrymen:
At this second appearing to take the oath of the Presidential office there is less occasion for an extended a...with all nations, among ourselves, a just and lastin..., cherish, achieve, to do all, for his widow and..., to care for him w..., to bind up the na..., let us strive on ..., with firmness in ..., with charity for all and 169 more...
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Basic English Vocabulary
Very basic words for ESL students.
a, abandon, ability, able, abortion, about, above, abroad, absence, absolute, absolutely, absorb and 4334 more...
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my dictionary
able, abnormally, abroad, absent, abstract, acceptable, acceptance, access, accessible, accession, according to, account and 4551 more...
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Beautiful Music
a cappella, accelerando, accompagnato, adagio, ad libitum, agitato, aleatory, alla breve, allegro, allemande, alto, andante and 548 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for statement.
bilby Yes, mind your languish, please. May 29, 2012
fbharjo only to languish? May 28, 2012
bilby Makes me want to anguish :-( May 28, 2012
sionnach Oh, pshaw, GHibbs. Pull yourself together, please. The fact that some mindless bureaucrat somewhere takes a noun and sticks a "to" in front of it doesn't actually make it a legitimate verb, you know.
The proposition that "statement" is a verb makes me want to shudder. May 28, 2012
GHibbs The verb 'to statement' has the inflections 'statements', statementing' which is in Wordnik, and 'statemented'. It refers to the process in the UK and probably beyond whereby a school is required to prepare a statement of special educational need (SEN) when appropriate. May 28, 2012