statue
[stach-oo]
- a three-dimensional work of art, as a representational or abstract form, carved in stone or wood, molded in a plastic material, cast in bronze, or the like.
Origin of statue
1300–50; Middle English < Middle French < Latin statua, noun derivative of statuere to set up, itself derivative of status (see status)
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Examples from the Web for statue
Contemporary Examples
Workers built a temporary rail track through the city to move the statue in a process that took three days.
None of us were interested in making a film about a speech, a statue, or all that good stuff; it was about getting underneath it.
Ava DuVernay on ‘Selma,’ the Racist Sony Emails, and Making Golden Globes HistoryMarlow Stern
December 15, 2014
To Bartholdi, his statue meant a commemoration of Liberty attained.
But even amid those early protests, the Statue of Liberty was doing her job.
The Statue of Liberty would serve as the north star of our behavior.
Historical Examples
"Men say it is not so grand as the statue of Zeus, that we have at Olympia," replied the boy.
PhilotheaLydia Maria Child
From this marble Phidias sculptured a statue of Vengeance, which was called Rhamnusia.
PhilotheaLydia Maria Child
In the garden of Anaxagoras, you will find a statue of Pallas, carved from an olive-tree.
PhilotheaLydia Maria Child
We do not know which genius first discovered the use of pottery but he deserves a statue.
Ancient ManHendrik Willem van Loon
By the statue of Horace Greeley I stood a moment irresolute.
The Bacillus of BeautyHarriet Stark
statue
- a wooden, stone, metal, plaster, or other kind of sculpture of a human or animal figure, usually life-size or larger
Word Origin
C14: via Old French from Latin statua, from statuere to set up; compare statute
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Word Origin and History for statue
n.
c.1300, from Old French statue (12c.), from Latin statua "image, statue," prop. "that which is set up," back-formation from statuere "to cause to stand, set up," from status "a standing, position," from stare "to stand" (see stet). The children's game of statues is attested from 1906.
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