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Definition of Statement
1. Noun. A message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc. "According to his statement he was in London on that day"
Generic synonyms: Content, Message, Subject Matter, Substance
Derivative terms: State
2. Noun. A fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true. "It was a strong argument that his hypothesis was true"
Generic synonyms: Evidence
Specialized synonyms: Proof, Counterargument, Pro, Con, Case, Clincher, Determiner, Determining Factor, Adducing, Last Word, Specious Argument
Derivative terms: Argue, State
3. Noun. (music) the presentation of a musical theme. "The initial statement of the sonata"
Generic synonyms: Idea, Melodic Theme, Musical Theme, Theme
Specialized synonyms: Augmentation, Diminution
4. Noun. A nonverbal message. "His tantrums are a statement of his need for attention"
5. Noun. The act of affirming or asserting or stating something.
Generic synonyms: Speech Act
Specialized synonyms: Say-so
Derivative terms: Affirm, Affirm, Assert, Assert, State, State
6. Noun. (computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program.
Category relationships: Computer Science, Computing
Generic synonyms: Code, Computer Code
Group relationships: Computer Program, Computer Programme, Program, Programme
Specialized synonyms: Call, Command Line, Link, Macro, Macro Instruction, System Error, Toggle
7. Noun. A document showing credits and debits.
Generic synonyms: Commercial Document, Commercial Instrument
Specialized synonyms: Bank Statement, Account, Bill, Invoice, Account, Account Statement, Accounting, Earnings Report, Income Statement, Operating Statement, Profit-and-loss Statement
Definition of Statement
1. n. The act of stating, reciting, or presenting, orally or in paper; as, to interrupt a speaker in the statement of his case.
Definition of Statement
1. Noun. A declaration or remark. ¹
2. Noun. A presentation of opinion or position. ¹
3. Noun. (finance) A document that summarizes financial activity. ¹
4. Noun. (computing) An instruction in a computer program. ¹
5. Verb. (transitive) To provide an official document of a proposition, especially in the UK a Statement of Special Educational Needs. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Statement
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Statement
Literary usage of Statement
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Annual Report by New York (State) Canal commissioners, New York (State), Canal Commissioners (1871)
"86-87 statement, awards of canal appraisers 84-85 MIDDLE DIVISION. Report Commissioner,
Middle Division... 88-137 Appendix to same. Olmsted's report 138-158 ..."
2. Report by American Library Association War service (1919)
"Such a statement must wait until these operations, now in full swing, have been
brought to a close; ... A detailed statement of this personnel is attached. ..."
3. Psychology, General Introduction by Charles Hubbard Judd (1917)
"General statement of the law. The law holds in general for all spheres of ...
It has been expressed briefly in the statement, if the sensation is to ..."
4. Code of Law, Practice and Forms for Justices' and Other Inferior Courts in by Curtis Hillyer (1912)
"statement of cause—Want of form will not vitiate. 52. statement—Form. 53. ...
Washington—statement of contestant to contain what. 55. ..."
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