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Status

//ˈstæt.əs// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A person’s condition, position or standing relative to that of others. countable, uncountable

    "Superstition is highly correlated with economic status."

  2. 2
    a state at a particular time wordnet
  3. 3
    Prestige or high standing. countable, uncountable

    "The king has status in his kingdom, and the pauper has status within his immediate group of peers."

  4. 4
    the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society wordnet
  5. 5
    A situation or state of affairs. countable, uncountable

    "What's the status of the investigation?"

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  1. 6
    The legal condition of a person or thing. countable, uncountable
  2. 7
    The legal condition of a person or thing.; The state (of a Canadian First Nations person) of being registered under the Indian Act. Canada, countable, uncountable, usually

    "He is a status Indian."

  3. 8
    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. countable, uncountable

    "I'm just about to update my status to "busy"."

  4. 9
    Short for status epilepticus or status asthmaticus. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable

Etymology

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

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