English Explanatory Dictionary

statement

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A declaration or remark.
  2. A presentation of opinion or position.
  3. A document that summarizes financial activity.
  4. An instruction in a computer program, especially one that returns no value, as opposed to a function call.
adj
  1. Decisive.
verb
  1. To provide an official document of a proposition, especially in the UK, a Statement of Special Educational Needs.

Pronunciation

/ˈsteɪtm(ə)nt/ /ˈsteɪtmənt/ en-us-statement.ogg

Word forms

statement statements statementing statemented

Etymology

From state + -ment.

Synonyms

declaration expression remark statement

Related words

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

Derived words

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