Dictionary Definition
status
Noun
1 the relative position or standing of things or
especially persons in a society; "he had the status of a minor";
"the novel attained the status of a classic"; "atheists do not
enjoy a favorable position in American life" [syn: position]
2 a state at a particular time; "a condition (or
state) of disrepair"; "the current status of the arms negotiations"
[syn: condition]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Etymology
From status.Pronunciation
- /ˈsteɪtəs/
- Rhymes: -eɪtəs
Noun
- A person’s position
or standing relative to
that of others.
- Superstition is highly correlated with economic status.
- Prestige or high
standing.
- 1957, Gladys Sellew and Paul Hanly Furfey, Sociology and Its
Use in Nursing Service, Saunders, page 81
- The king has status in his kingdom, and the pauper has status within his immediate group of peers.
- 1957, Gladys Sellew and Paul Hanly Furfey, Sociology and Its
Use in Nursing Service, Saunders, page 81
- A situation or
state of
affairs.
- What's the status of the investigation?
- The legal condition of a person or thing.
Translations
a person’s position or standing relative to that
of others
situation or state of affairs
- Japanese: 状態, 様子, 有様
- Russian: положение (položénije) , состояние (sostojánije)
- ttbc Arabic: (waɖʕ ijtimāʕi)
- trreq Armenian
- ttbc Esperanto: statuso
- ttbc French: statut
- ttbc German: Status
- ttbc Hindi: स्तिथि (sthithi)
- ttbc Persian: (vadiyet)
- ttbc Scottish Gaelic: inbhe
- ttbc Spanish: estado
- ttbc Telugu: స్థాయి (sthaayi) (1), ప్రతిష్ట (prathista)(2), స్థితి (sthithi) (3, 4)
Esperanto
Verb
status (conditional mood of stati)- would be (in a condition or state)
Latin
Descendants
- English: status
Extensive Definition
Status is a state, condition or situation. In
common usage it may refer to:
- Social status
- Economic status
- HIV status
- Legal status
- Status quo
- Status symbol
- Status, a magazine edited by Igor Cassini
- A category of the grammar of Semitic languages, see nunation, status constructus
- Status Message Update (SMU) is a unit and mechanism of asynchronous light weight communication distributed to an audience. SMU can be a currency and service, similar to SMS.
status in Czech: Status
status in German: Status
status in Spanish: Estatus
status in French: Statut
status in Dutch: Status
status in Polish: Status
status in Simple English: Status
status in Swedish: Status
status in Yiddish: סטאטוס
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
angle,
base, bearings, blood, bracket, branch, cachet, caliber, capacity, case, caste, category, character, circumstance, clan, class, condition, consequence, dignity, distance, distinction, division, echelon, eminence, estate, face, fix, footing, grade, ground, group, grouping, head, heading, hierarchy, high place,
importance, jam, kin, kudos, label, level, location, lot, merit, modality, mode, order, part, pass, perspective, pickle, pigeonhole, place, plight, position, post, posture, power structure,
precedence, predicament, prestige, prominence, quality, race, rank, rate, rating, relation, renown, reputation, repute, role, rubric, seat, section, sept, set, significance, situation, sphere, spot, stage, stand, standing, state, state of affairs, station, stature, status quo, strain, stratum, subdivision, subgroup, suborder, title, venue, viewpoint, worth