stat

¹

[ stat ]

adverb

, Informal.

1. with no delay: (used especially in medical contexts in reference to the administration of a drug or as a medical directive): The patient was given a stat dose of morphine.

   Blood work will be done stat.

   The patient was given a stat dose of morphine.

   I need a copy of the spreadsheet, stat!

stat.

²

abbreviation for

1. (in prescriptions) immediately.

stat

³

[ stat ]

noun

1. statistic.
2. Usually stats. statistics.

adjective

1. of, relating to, or containing statistics:

   Some sports fans memorize all the stat sheets published about a team.

stat.

⁴

abbreviation for

1. statuary.
2. statue.
3. statute.

stat

⁵

[ stat ]

noun

1. Also 'stat. thermostat.
2. photostat ( def 2 ).

-stat

⁶

1. a combining form used in the names of devices that stabilize or make constant what is specified by the initial element:

   thermostat; rheostat.

stat.

¹

abbreviation for

1. (in prescriptions) immediately
2. stationary
3. statute

-stat

²

combining form

1. indicating a device that causes something to remain stationary or constant

   thermostat

Word History and Origins

Origin of stat¹

First recorded in 1875–80; from Latin statim “immediately, at once”

Origin of stat²

stat ¹( def )

Origin of stat³

First recorded in 1950–55; by shortening

Origin of stat⁴

First recorded in 1955–60; by shortening

Origin of stat⁵

< Greek -statēs, equivalent to sta- (stem of histánai to make stand; stand ) + -tēs agent noun suffix

Word History and Origins

Origin of stat¹

(sense 1) from Latin statim

Origin of stat²

from Greek -statēs , from histanai to cause to stand

Example Sentences

ESPN would not say how much it cost to land Silver, but the stat wizard did acknowledge that money was a factor.

From The Daily Beast

Someone needs to get that in needlepoint on a throw pillow stat.

From The Daily Beast

According to the American Cancer Society-affiliated study that yielded this stat, aspirin might be great for the gut.

From The Daily Beast

And the Republican solution is to get more people hitched, stat.

From The Daily Beast

The 2011 University of Toronto-affiliated study that yielded this stat compared pot-smoking and non-pot-smoking MS patients.

From The Daily Beast

He was immediately appalled at his outburst, and by the pilot's startled glance, but the stat went off immediately.

From Project Gutenberg

For seven weeks now he had lived with it intricately and intimately, as the case shoved everything else right off the news-stat.

From Project Gutenberg

Both men turned abruptly as the stat-screen gave its warning blip.

From Project Gutenberg

Mandleco strode for the tele-stat, then turned back and pointed a trembling finger at Beardsley.

From Project Gutenberg

The expression of shocked surprise was still on his face as the stat gun blast took him squarely in the chest.

From Project Gutenberg

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