stature

[ stach-er ]

noun

1. the height of a human or animal body.
2. the height of any object.
3. degree of development attained; level of achievement:

   a minister of great stature.

stature

/ ˈstætʃə /

noun

1. the height of something, esp a person or animal when standing
2. the degree of development of a person

   the stature of a champion

3. intellectual or moral greatness

   a man of stature

Word History and Origins

Origin of stature¹

1250–1300; Middle English < Old French estature < Latin statūra, equivalent to stat ( us ) past participle of stāre to stand + -ūra -ure

Word History and Origins

Origin of stature¹

C13: via Old French from Latin statūra , from stāre to stand

Example Sentences

Neither its new ability nor its still-diminutive stature seemed to hold the AI back.

From Singularity Hub 

Despite his towering stature in the popular imagination, Sigmund Freud is just such a shrub blocking further progress.

From Washington Post

This feature is remarkable in and of itself given their small stature, but even amongst wireless earbud models, cumulative battery life can vary greatly.

From Popular-Science

“I can’t get the right fit on a lot of other 29ers that are in a small size and are said to fit riders of my stature,” says Chloe Woodruff, a professional racer.

From Outside Online

I sought to gain personal financial success, stature, and the self-worth associated with scaling a startup so fast and so well.

From Fortune

They have the stature and the position and the power to do so.

From The Daily Beast

Men of his social stature in Mexico do no often appear on police blotters.

From The Daily Beast

No major Hollywood movie star of your stature is out, male or female.

From The Daily Beast

Neither of them could imagine an identity wholly separate from their stature as a power couple.

From The Daily Beast

We always thought that this was the film that could get Bennett discovered as a director of international stature.

From The Daily Beast

Their complexion is a light bronze, stunted in stature, well-knit, and about the middle size.

From Project Gutenberg

There were the giants, those renowned men that were from the beginning, of great stature, expert in war.

From Project Gutenberg

The elegance of his stature and the pensive melancholy of his classic features invested him with a peculiar power of fascination.

From Project Gutenberg

Paul was short in stature, somewhat stooping and at the middle age his hair was thin, inclining to baldness.

From Project Gutenberg

Jackson is considered by many as second in military stature only to Lee himself.

From Project Gutenberg

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