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

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

1. statuary.

2. statue.

3. statute.

stat

⁵

[stat]

noun

1. Also 'stat thermostat.

2. photostat.

-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

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

That stat is a bit misleading, though, as teams have come from further back to win the title.

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I appreciate that stat because when I started out in management a million years ago, I worked off the basis that a clean sheet was worth twice as much as scoring a goal.

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The stat that did the rounds after Sunday, courtesy of the statinator Kevin Millar, focused on the last 25 minutes of Scotland's past five games against teams ranked in the world's top 12.

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As a gangly freshman, Davidson stuffed the stat sheet with 22 points, eight rebounds, four steals, three assists and one block per game on her way to being named Oregon’s Gatorade Player of the Year.

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To be among the all-time stat leaders in striking and grappling is a reflection of a world-class athlete and this applies to both Shevchenko and Weili.

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