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

His final stat line from the series: One for 18, nine strikeouts and a whole lot of questions about what went wrong.

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This is a stat she personally has worked tirelessly to change.

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In a recent survey, 46% said they don’t drink at all, the highest share recorded in Gallup’s 90 years of measuring the stat.

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The 90% adoption stat is one that might have many IT leaders salivating, although, for Serhant, “It is, I think, the least sexy thing we do here.”

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Major League Baseball is filled with arcane statistics and historical quirks, but as this season barrels toward the playoffs one stat almost defies belief.

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