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[stey-tuh s, stat-uh s]
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noun

the position of an individual in relation to another or others, especially in regard to social or professional standing.
state or condition of affairs: Arbitration has failed to change the status of the disagreement.
Law. the standing of a person before the law.

adjective

conferring or believed to confer elevated status: a status car; a status job.

Origin of status

1665–75; < Latin: the condition of standing, stature, status, equivalent to sta- (variant stem of stāre to stand) + -tus suffix of v. action
Related formsnon·sta·tus, adjective

Synonyms for status

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2. See state.
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Related Words for status

dignity, prominence, place, stature, position, prestige, quality, condition, situation, rating, standing, caliber, capacity, degree, renown, grade, footing, character, merit, cachet

Examples from the Web for status

Contemporary Examples of status

Historical Examples of status

  • These things are mentioned to establish my status in the premises.

    The Old Game

    Samuel G. Blythe

  • There was no especial need of deciding which one of them marked his present status.

    The Dominant Strain

    Anna Chapin Ray

  • They give a new position to the rural community and to the farmer's status in it.

  • Rather than that, we should prefer a hundred times the present status.

    The Destroyer

    Burton Egbert Stevenson

  • But what was to be her reception there, what her status, what her fortunes?

    Nobody

    Louis Joseph Vance

British Dictionary definitions for status

status

noun plural -tuses

a social or professional position, condition, or standing to which varying degrees of responsibility, privilege, and esteem are attached
the relative position or standing of a person or thing
a high position or standing; prestigehe has acquired a new status since he has been in that job
the legal standing or condition of a person
a state of affairs

Word Origin for status

C17: from Latin: posture, from stāre to stand
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Word Origin and History for status
n.

1670s, "height," later "legal standing of a person" (1791), from Latin status "condition, position, state, manner, attitude," from stare "to stand," from PIE root *sta- "to stand" (see stet). Sense of "social or professional standing" is from 1820. Status symbol first recorded 1955.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
status in Medicine

status

[stā′təs, stăt′əs]

n.

A state or condition.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
status in Culture

status

The relative position of an individual within a group, or of a group within a society.

Note

Though the term can refer to either high or low standing, it is often used only to imply a position of prestige.
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