statement
nounadjectiveverbcommon in dialogue
- United Kingdom//ˈsteɪtm(ə)nt//
- United States//ˈsteɪtmənt//
A declaration or remark.
noun
- 1
A declaration or remark.
make a statement
publish a statement
utter a statement
- 2
A presentation of opinion or position.
- 3
A document that summarizes financial activity.
a bank statement
- 4
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.
However, it is the responsibility of the programmer to ensure that the control ultimately reaches the last statement of the range.
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Indo-European *stéh₂-tu-s ~ *sth₂-téw-s Proto-Italic *status Latin statuslbor. Old French estatbor. Middle English stat English state Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English statement From state + -ment.
adjective
- 1
Decisive.
Gabriel Martinelli scored a dramatic late winner as Arsenal earned a statement victory over defending Premier League champions Manchester City at Emirates Stadium.
verb
- 1
To provide an official document of a proposition, especially in the UK, a Statement of Special Educational Needs.
Etymology
Back-formation from statementing or back-formation from statemented.
Forms
- plural
- statements
- past tense
- statemented
- past participle
- statemented
- present participle
- statementing
- third person singular
- statements
statement · A declaration or remark.
Staten · A surname.States · The parliament of either of the two Channel Islands…static · Unchanging; that cannot or does not change.