Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

statement

/ˈsteɪtmənt/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.97 in modern English

Syllables: state-ment
IPA: /ˈsteɪtmənt/

11

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A declaration or remark.

noun

A presentation of opinion or position.

noun

A document that summarizes financial activity.

noun

An instruction in a computer program, especially one that returns no value, as opposed to a function call.

adj

verb

To provide an official document of a proposition, especially in the UK, a Statement of Special Educational Needs.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"make a statement"
"publish a statement"
"utter a statement"
"a bank statement"
"In this section we will examine BASIC's primary statement for repeating a string of statements under program control: the FOR statement. Another statement, the NEXT statement, is always used with a FOR statement."
"However, it is the responsibility of the programmer to ensure that the control ultimately reaches the last statement of the range."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Indo-European *stéh₂-tu-s ~ *sth₂-téw-s Proto-Italic *status Latin statuslbor. Old French estatbor. Middle English stat English state Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English statement From state + -ment.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈsteɪtmənt/
British English: /ˈsteɪtm(ə)nt/

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

statements (plural) statements (present, singular) statementing (participle, present) statemented (participle, past) statemented (past)

Derived Forms

costatement counterstatement forestatement metastatement microstatement misstatement multistatement nonstatement overstatement pseudostatement restatement statemental

Phrases

account statement bank statement blanket statement counter statement diversity statement doorknob statement environmental impact statement e-statement

Frequently Paired Words

true false general specific public private clear first

Synonyms

declaration expression remark statement financial statement instruction command program line

Rhymes With

reinstatement abatement restatement misstatement understatement

Questions

How do you pronounce statement?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsteɪtmənt/.
What does statement mean?: A declaration or remark.
Where does statement come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Indo-European *stéh₂-tu-s ~ *sth₂-téw-s Proto-Italic *status Latin statuslbor. Old French estatbor. Middle English stat English state Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English statement From state + -ment.

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