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Statement

//ˈsteɪtm(ə)nt// adj, noun, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Decisive. not-comparable

    "Gabriel Martinelli scored a dramatic late winner as Arsenal earned a statement victory over defending Premier League champions Manchester City at Emirates Stadium."

Noun
  1. 1
    A declaration or remark.

    "make a statement"

  2. 2
    a document showing credits and debits wordnet
  3. 3
    A presentation of opinion or position.
  4. 4
    (computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program wordnet
  5. 5
    A document that summarizes financial activity.

    "a bank statement"

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  1. 6
    a fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true wordnet
  2. 7
    An instruction in a computer program, especially one that returns no value, as opposed to a function call.

    "In this section we will examine BASIC's primary statement for repeating a string of statements under program control: the FOR statement. Another statement, the NEXT statement, is always used with a FOR statement."

  3. 8
    a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc wordnet
  4. 9
    a nonverbal message wordnet
  5. 10
    (music) the presentation of a musical theme wordnet
  6. 11
    the act of affirming or asserting or stating something wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To provide an official document of a proposition, especially in the UK, a Statement of Special Educational Needs. transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

From state + -ment.

Etymology 2

From state + -ment.

Etymology 3

Back-formation from statementing or back-formation from statemented.

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