status

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A person’s condition, position or standing relative to that of others.
Prestige or high standing.
A situation or state of affairs.
The legal condition of a person or thing.
The state (of a Canadian First Nations person) of being registered under the Indian Act.
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.
Short for status epilepticus or status asthmaticus.

Pronunciation

/ˈsteɪ.təs/ en-gb-status.ogg /ˈsteɪt.əs/ [ˈsteɪɾ.əs] /ˈstæt.əs/ [ˈstæɾ.əs] en-us-status.ogg /ˈstæɪ.təs/ [ˈstæɪɾ.əs] /ˈstɛː.təs/ /ˈsteː.təs/

Word forms

status statuses stati

Etymology

A learned borrowing from Latin status. A doublet of state and estate.

Derived words

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

Translations

Finnish: oikeusasema Hungarian: jogállás Hungarian: jogviszony

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