Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Position relative to that of others; standing.
  • noun High standing; prestige.
  • noun Law The legal character or condition of a person or thing.
  • noun The state of affairs; the situation: synonym: state.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Standing or position as regards rank or condition.
  • noun Position of affairs.
  • noun In law, the standing of a person before the law in the class of persons indicated by his or her legal qualities; the relation fixed by law in which a person stands toward others or the state.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun State; condition; position of affairs.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A person’s condition, position or standing relative to that of others.
  • noun Prestige or high standing.
  • noun A situation or state of affairs.
  • noun law The legal condition of a person or thing.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society
  • noun a state at a particular time

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Latin; see stā- in Indo-European roots.]

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From Latin status.

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Examples

  • -- _Social status the measure of financial status_.

    The Fertility of the Unfit Rutherford Waddell 1900

  • He never troubled himself about his status; indeed, we would say _status_ was not the word for him.

    Spare Hours John Brown 1846

  • For example ... (select statusID from STATUS_TBL where status = @status).

    ASP.NET Forums jmiaebrown 2010

  • Sysdatabases. status and sysdatabases. status2 Bit of Sysdatabases in SQLServer declare @status int; declare @status2 int;

    MSDN Blogs 2009

  • Set @status = '65544' -- Replace your DB status here set @status2 = '1090520064' -- Replace your DB status2 here

    MSDN Blogs 2009

  • DriveGet, status, statusCD, \% drive2\% if status = open msgbox, Drive \% drive2\% is \% status\% or not ready return if TRACK =

    AutoHotkey Community 2008

  • The whole PhD/postdoc change in status is a bit of a rip off, but I must ask:

    maternity leave - my experiences so far and a call to help ScienceWoman 2007

  • The solution to Quebec's uncertain status is not more concessions, Canada has made quite enough of those, but an enhanced level of Canadian political leadership and governance.

    Post-Election Prospects in Canada 1993

  • As time goes on his status is arguably portrayed as even more liminal because he is the only non-empowered member of the Scooby Gang, doesn't feel he quite belongs amongst the slayers and witches and vampires and ex-demons -- but of course can't go back to the mundane ignorance of the seams that permeate the world.

    Notes on Strange Fiction: Seams Hal Duncan 2008

  • As time goes on his status is arguably portrayed as even more liminal because he is the only non-empowered member of the Scooby Gang, doesn't feel he quite belongs amongst the slayers and witches and vampires and ex-demons -- but of course can't go back to the mundane ignorance of the seams that permeate the world.

    Archive 2008-08-01 Hal Duncan 2008

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