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Definition of Status
1. Noun. The relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society. "Atheists do not enjoy a favorable position in American life"
Generic synonyms: State
Specialized synonyms: Face, Election, Equality, Equation, Equivalence, Par, Rank, Social Rank, Social Station, Social Status, Standing, High Status, High Ground, High Profile, Holy Order, Order, Low Status, Lowliness, Lowness, Legal Status, Bar Sinister, Bastardy, Illegitimacy, Left-handedness, Command, Nationality, Footing, Terms, Retirement, Rank, Caste, Dignity, Nobility, Noblesse, Ordination, Pedestal, Leadership, Slot, Toehold
Attributes: Low-class, Lower-class, Middle-class, Upper-class, Dominant, Low-level, Subordinate
2. Noun. A state at a particular time. "The current status of the arms negotiations"
Generic synonyms: State
Specialized synonyms: Diversity, Anchorage, Health, Mode, Ecological Niche, Niche, Noise Conditions, Involvement, Participation, Prepossession, Regularisation, Regularization, Saturation, Silence, Position, Situation, Ski Conditions, Nomination, Standardisation, Standardization, Stigmatism, Astigmatism, Astigmia, Way, Circumstance, Homelessness, Reinstatement, Place, Celibacy, Virginity, Innocence, Innocence, Pureness, Purity, Sinlessness, Whiteness, Guilt, Guiltiness, Encapsulation, Polarisation, Polarization, Physical Condition, Physiological Condition, Physiological State, Hyalinisation, Hyalinization, Vacuolation, Vacuolisation, Vacuolization, Protuberance, Curvature, Mental Condition, Mental State, Psychological Condition, Psychological State, Difficulty, Improvement, Melioration, Declination, Decline, Ennoblement, Ascendance, Ascendancy, Ascendence, Ascendency, Control, Dominance, Comfort, Comfortableness, Discomfort, Uncomfortableness, Demand, Need, Fullness, Emptiness, Nakedness, Nudeness, Nudity, Depilation, Hairlessness, Deshabille, Dishabille, Hopefulness, Despair, Desperation, Pureness, Purity, Impureness, Impurity, Financial Condition, Economic Condition, Sanitary Condition, Tilth, Order, Orderliness, Disorder, Disorderliness, Normalcy, Normality, Lactosuria, Environmental Condition, Climate, Mood, Ambiance, Ambience, Atmosphere, Immunity, Unsusceptibility, Immunity, Resistance, Subservience, Susceptibility, Susceptibleness, Wetness, Dryness, Waterlessness, Xerotes, Safety, Danger, Tautness, Tenseness, Tension, Tensity, Amyotonia, Atonia, Atonicity, Atony, Laxity, Laxness, Repair, Soundness, Muteness, Mutism, Eye Condition, Unsoundness, Impropriety, Dark, Darkness, Iniquity, Wickedness, Illumination, Light, Malady, Serration, Absolution, Automation, Brutalisation, Brutalization, Condemnation, Deification, Diversification, Exoneration, Facilitation, Frizz, Fruition, Hospitalization, Identification, Impaction, Ionisation, Ionization, Irradiation, Leakiness, Lubrication, Mechanisation, Mechanization, Motivation, Mummification, Preservation, Prognathism, Rustication, Rustiness, Scandalisation, Scandalization, Submission, Urbanisation, Urbanization
Derivative terms: Condition
Definition of Status
1. n. State; condition; position of affairs.
Definition of Status
1. Noun. A person’s condition, position or standing relative to that of others. ¹
2. Noun. Prestige or high standing. ¹
3. Noun. A situation or state of affairs. ¹
4. Noun. (legal) The legal condition of a person or thing. ¹
5. Adjective. (context: almost always followed by a noun) (Canada of a Canadian Indian) Registered under the Indian Act. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Status
1. relative position [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Status
Literary usage of Status
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Monographic Medicine by William Robie Patten Emerson, Guido Guerrini, William Brown, Wendell Christopher Phillips, John Whitridge Williams, John Appleton Swett, Hans Günther, Mario Mariotti, Hugh Grant Rowell (1916)
"It would seem, however, that the status ... of Paltauf may be taken as a principal
type from which the status ..."
2. The History of English Law Before the Time of Edward I by Frederick Pollock, Frederic William Maitland (1899)
"This is one of the most remarkable points in villeinage; villein tenure is of
far greater practical importance than villein status. ..."
3. Microbial and Phenotypic Definition of Rats and Mice: Proceedings of the by National Research Council Staff, ebrary, Inc, National Research Council, International Committee, Commission on Life Sciences, National Academy of Sciences (1999)
"These findings point to real problems with the terminology of pathogen status.
PATHOGEN status GETS LOST IN THE TERMINOLOGY MORASS Unfortunately, ..."
4. Aquinas Ethicus: Or, The Moral Teaching of St. Thomas. A Translation of the by Thomas, Joseph Rickaby (1896)
"ARTICLE I.—Does state (status) essentially denote the condition of liberty or
slavery ?1 R. State (status, " a standing ") properly speaking signifies a ..."
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