Standard Lemma guide

statement

adj · noun · verb · 13 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsteɪtm(ə)nt/
  • General-American: /ˈsteɪtmənt/
  • General-American: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -eɪtmənt
  • CMU ARPABET: S T EY1 T M AH0 N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Decisive.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A declaration or remark.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • make a statement
  • publish a statement
  • utter a statement

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A presentation of opinion or position.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A document that summarizes financial activity.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: business, finance

Examples

  • a bank statement

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

verb

Meaning 6

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

a document showing credits and debits

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: financial statement

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: commercial document, commercial instrument

Narrower terms: bank statement, bill, account, invoice, accounting, account statement, income statement, earnings report, operating statement, profit-and-loss statement

8

noun

Meaning 8

(computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: instruction, command, program line

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: code, computer code

Narrower terms: call, command line, link, macro, macro instruction, system error, toggle

9

noun

Meaning 9

a fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • it was a strong argument that his hypothesis was true

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: argument

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: evidence

Narrower terms: proof, counterargument, pro, con, case, clincher, determiner, determining factor, adducing, last word, specious argument

10

noun

Meaning 10

a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • according to his statement he was in London on that day

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: message, content, subject matter, substance

Narrower terms: summary, sum-up, pleading, amendment, thing, truth, true statement, description, verbal description, declaration, announcement, proclamation, annunciation, Bill of Rights, formula, mathematical statement, bid, bidding, word, explanation, account, explicandum, explanandum, explanans, value statement, representation, solution, answer, result, resolution, solvent, reply, response, promulgation, prediction, foretelling, forecasting, prognostication, proposition, quotation, falsehood, falsity, untruth, understatement, reservation, qualification, cautious statement, comment, commentary, remark, input, rhetorical question, misstatement, restatement, agreement, understanding, condition, term, estimate, chemical formula, assurance, recital, negation

11

noun

Meaning 11

a nonverbal message

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a Cadillac makes a statement about who you are
  • his tantrums are a statement of his need for attention

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: message, content, subject matter, substance

12

noun

Meaning 12

(music) the presentation of a musical theme

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the initial statement of the sonata

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: theme, melodic theme, musical theme, idea

Narrower terms: augmentation, diminution

13

noun

Meaning 13

the act of affirming or asserting or stating something

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: affirmation, assertion

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: speech act

Narrower terms: say-so

History

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.

Back-formation from statementing or back-formation from statemented.

Across languages

Translations

207 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: deklaratë — declaration or remark
  • Arabic: تَصْرِيح (taṣrīḥ) — declaration or remark
  • Arabic: بَيَان (bayān) — declaration or remark
  • Armenian: հայտարարություն (haytararutʻyun) — declaration or remark
  • Azerbaijani: bəyanat — declaration or remark
  • Belarusian: зая́ва (zajáva) — declaration or remark
  • Belarusian: сцвярджэ́нне (scvjardžénnje) — declaration or remark
  • Belarusian: сьцьвярджэ́ньне (sʹcʹvjardžénʹnje) — declaration or remark
  • Bengali: বয়ান (boẏan) — declaration or remark
  • Bulgarian: твърде́ние (tvǎrdénie) — declaration or remark
  • Bulgarian: изявле́ние (izjavlénie) — declaration or remark
  • Catalan: declaració — declaration or remark
  • Cebuano: pahayag — declaration or remark
  • Cebuano: saysay — declaration or remark
  • Chinese Mandarin: 聲明 /声明 (shēngmíng) — declaration or remark
  • Chinese Mandarin: 陳述 /陈述 (chénshù) — declaration or remark
  • Crimean Tatar: beyanat — declaration or remark
  • Czech: výrok — declaration or remark
  • Czech: tvrzení — declaration or remark
  • Danish: udsagn — declaration or remark
  • Dutch: verklaring — declaration or remark
  • Dutch: bemerking — declaration or remark
  • Dutch: opmerking — declaration or remark
  • Estonian: väide — declaration or remark
  • Faroese: frágreiðing — declaration or remark
  • Finnish: toteamus — declaration or remark
  • French: déclaration — declaration or remark
  • Georgian: განცხადება (gancxadeba) — declaration or remark
  • German: Aussage — declaration or remark
  • German: Angabe — declaration or remark
  • German: Erklärung — declaration or remark
  • Greek: δήλωση (dílosi) — declaration or remark
  • Hebrew: הַצְהָרָה (hatshará) — declaration or remark
  • Hebrew: קביעה (kviá) — declaration or remark
  • Hindi: कथन (kathan) — declaration or remark
  • Hindi: प्रख्यापन (prakhyāpan) — declaration or remark
  • Hungarian: kijelentés — declaration or remark
  • Hungarian: állítás — declaration or remark
  • Icelandic: yfirlýsing — declaration or remark
  • Indonesian: pernyataan — declaration or remark
  • Irish: ráiteas — declaration or remark
  • Italian: dichiarazione — declaration or remark
  • Japanese: 声明 (seimei) — declaration or remark
  • Japanese: 陳述 (chinjutsu) — declaration or remark
  • Kapampangan: agkas — declaration or remark
  • Kapampangan: igkas — declaration or remark
  • Kapampangan: keyigkasan — declaration or remark
  • Kapampangan: keyagkasan — declaration or remark
  • Kapampangan: inamanu — declaration or remark
  • Kapampangan: sambitla — declaration or remark
  • Korean: 성명 (seongmyeong) — declaration or remark
  • Korean: 진술 (jinsul) — declaration or remark
  • Latin: dictum — declaration or remark
  • Latvian: paziņojums — declaration or remark
  • Lithuanian: pareiškimas — declaration or remark
  • Lithuanian: tvirtinimas — declaration or remark
  • Macedonian: изјава (izjava) — declaration or remark
  • Malay: kenyataan — declaration or remark
  • Malay: penyata — declaration or remark
  • Malayalam: പ്രസ്താവന (prastāvana) — declaration or remark
  • Māori: tauākī — declaration or remark
  • Māori: tātaku — declaration or remark
  • Māori: taukī — declaration or remark
  • Marathi: विधान (vidhān) — declaration or remark
  • Mirandese: afirmaçon — declaration or remark
  • Mongolian: мэдэгдэл (medegdel) — declaration or remark
  • Navajo: chʼíhootʼánígíí — declaration or remark
  • Papiamentu: deklarashon — declaration or remark
  • Iranian Persian: بَیانِیِه (bayâniye) — declaration or remark
  • Polish: stwierdzenie — declaration or remark
  • Polish: twierdzenie — declaration or remark
  • Portuguese: declaração — declaration or remark
  • Portuguese: afirmação — declaration or remark
  • Romanian: declarație — declaration or remark
  • Romanian: remarcă — declaration or remark
  • Russian: заявле́ние (zajavlénije) — declaration or remark
  • Russian: утвержде́ние (utverždénije) — declaration or remark
  • Scottish Gaelic: ràdh — declaration or remark
  • Serbo-Croatian: и̏зјава — declaration or remark
  • Serbo-Croatian: ȉzjava — declaration or remark
  • Slovak: výrok — declaration or remark
  • Slovak: tvrdenie — declaration or remark
  • Slovene: izjava — declaration or remark
  • Spanish: enunciado — declaration or remark
  • Spanish: aseveración — declaration or remark
  • Tagalog: pahayag — declaration or remark
  • Tagalog: ulat — declaration or remark
  • Tajik: баёния (bayoniya) — declaration or remark
  • Thai: แถลงการณ์ (tà-lɛ̌ɛng-gaan) — declaration or remark
  • Thai: คําแถลง (kam-tà-lɛ̌ɛng) — declaration or remark
  • Thai: ถ้อยแถลง (tɔ̂i-tà-lɛ̌ɛng) — declaration or remark
  • Turkish: açıklama — declaration or remark
  • Turkish: bildirge — declaration or remark
  • Turkish: demeç — declaration or remark
  • Turkish: beyanat — declaration or remark
  • Turkmen: beýanat — declaration or remark
  • Ukrainian: зая́ва (zajáva) — declaration or remark
  • Ukrainian: тве́рдження (tvérdžennja) — declaration or remark
  • Ukrainian: ре́чення (réčennja) — declaration or remark
  • Urdu: بَیان (bayān) — declaration or remark
  • Uyghur: اخبارات (axbarat) — declaration or remark
  • Uyghur: بايانات (bayanat) — declaration or remark
  • Uzbek: bayonot — declaration or remark
  • Yiddish: דערקלערונג (derklerung) — declaration or remark
  • Bulgarian: изложе́ние (izložénie) — presentation of opinion or position — see also assertion, declaration, affirmation
  • Catalan: declaració — presentation of opinion or position — see also assertion, declaration, affirmation
  • Cebuano: tanyag — presentation of opinion or position — see also assertion, declaration, affirmation
  • Czech: výrok — presentation of opinion or position — see also assertion, declaration, affirmation
  • Danish: meningstilkendegivelse — presentation of opinion or position — see also assertion, declaration, affirmation
  • Dutch: verklaring — presentation of opinion or position — see also assertion, declaration, affirmation
  • Dutch: stellingname — presentation of opinion or position — see also assertion, declaration, affirmation
  • Esperanto: atesto — presentation of opinion or position — see also assertion, declaration, affirmation
  • Faroese: frágreiðing — presentation of opinion or position — see also assertion, declaration, affirmation
  • Finnish: lausunto — presentation of opinion or position — see also assertion, declaration, affirmation
  • Finnish: kannanotto — presentation of opinion or position — see also assertion, declaration, affirmation
  • Finnish: julkilausuma — presentation of opinion or position — see also assertion, declaration, affirmation
  • French: déclaration — presentation of opinion or position — see also assertion, declaration, affirmation
  • German: Stellungnahme — presentation of opinion or position — see also assertion, declaration, affirmation
  • German: Bekundung — presentation of opinion or position — see also assertion, declaration, affirmation
  • German: Erklärung — presentation of opinion or position — see also assertion, declaration, affirmation
  • Greek: δήλωση (dílosi) — presentation of opinion or position — see also assertion, declaration, affirmation
  • Hebrew: טַעֲנָה (ta'aná) — presentation of opinion or position — see also assertion, declaration, affirmation
  • Hungarian: bejelentés — presentation of opinion or position — see also assertion, declaration, affirmation
  • Hungarian: nyilatkozat — presentation of opinion or position — see also assertion, declaration, affirmation
  • Hungarian: közlemény — presentation of opinion or position — see also assertion, declaration, affirmation
  • Irish: ráiteas — presentation of opinion or position — see also assertion, declaration, affirmation
  • Kazakh: мәлімдеме (mälımdeme) — presentation of opinion or position — see also assertion, declaration, affirmation
  • Malayalam: പ്രസ്താവന (prastāvana) — presentation of opinion or position — see also assertion, declaration, affirmation
  • Māori: tauaki — presentation of opinion or position — see also assertion, declaration, affirmation
  • Māori: tātaku — presentation of opinion or position — see also assertion, declaration, affirmation
  • Plautdietsch: Berecht — presentation of opinion or position — see also assertion, declaration, affirmation
  • Polish: oświadczenie — presentation of opinion or position — see also assertion, declaration, affirmation
  • Portuguese: declaração — presentation of opinion or position — see also assertion, declaration, affirmation
  • Portuguese: afirmação — presentation of opinion or position — see also assertion, declaration, affirmation
  • Romanian: declarație — presentation of opinion or position — see also assertion, declaration, affirmation
  • Russian: изложе́ние (izložénije) — presentation of opinion or position — see also assertion, declaration, affirmation
  • Russian: формулиро́вка (formuliróvka) — presentation of opinion or position — see also assertion, declaration, affirmation
  • Sanskrit: वाद (vāda) — presentation of opinion or position — see also assertion, declaration, affirmation
  • Scottish Gaelic: ràdh — presentation of opinion or position — see also assertion, declaration, affirmation
  • Swedish: uttryck — presentation of opinion or position — see also assertion, declaration, affirmation
  • Tagalog: deklarasyon — presentation of opinion or position — see also assertion, declaration, affirmation
  • Turkish: açıklama — presentation of opinion or position — see also assertion, declaration, affirmation
  • Turkish: bildiri — presentation of opinion or position — see also assertion, declaration, affirmation
  • Turkish: deklarasyon — presentation of opinion or position — see also assertion, declaration, affirmation
  • Yiddish: דערקלערונג (derklerung) — presentation of opinion or position — see also assertion, declaration, affirmation
  • Bulgarian: отче́т (otčét) — finance: document that summarizes financial activity
  • Catalan: extracte — finance: document that summarizes financial activity
  • Cebuano: ihap — finance: document that summarizes financial activity
  • Cebuano: kwenta — finance: document that summarizes financial activity
  • Cebuano: balansi — finance: document that summarizes financial activity
  • Chinese Mandarin: 財務報告 /财务报告 (cáiwù bàogào) — finance: document that summarizes financial activity
  • Chinese Mandarin: 銀行結單 /银行结单 (yínháng jiédān) — finance: document that summarizes financial activity
  • Czech: výpis — finance: document that summarizes financial activity
  • Dutch: uittreksel — finance: document that summarizes financial activity
  • Esperanto: etato — finance: document that summarizes financial activity
  • Finnish: tiliote — finance: document that summarizes financial activity
  • French: relevé — finance: document that summarizes financial activity
  • German: Auszug — finance: document that summarizes financial activity
  • German: Kontoauszug — finance: document that summarizes financial activity
  • Hebrew: הַצְהָרָה (hatshará) — finance: document that summarizes financial activity
  • Hungarian: kimutatás — finance: document that summarizes financial activity
  • Hungarian: kivonat — finance: document that summarizes financial activity
  • Hungarian: számlakivonat — finance: document that summarizes financial activity
  • Hungarian: bankszámlakivonat — finance: document that summarizes financial activity
  • Hungarian: egyenlegértesítő — finance: document that summarizes financial activity
  • Irish: ráisteas cuntais — finance: document that summarizes financial activity
  • Irish: ráiteas bainc — finance: document that summarizes financial activity
  • Italian: rendiconto — finance: document that summarizes financial activity
  • Japanese: 報告書 (hōkokusho) — finance: document that summarizes financial activity
  • Māori: tauākī — finance: document that summarizes financial activity
  • Polish: wyciąg — finance: document that summarizes financial activity
  • Polish: wypis — finance: document that summarizes financial activity
  • Portuguese: extrato — finance: document that summarizes financial activity
  • Romanian: bilanț — finance: document that summarizes financial activity
  • Russian: отчёт (otčót) — finance: document that summarizes financial activity
  • Russian: бала́нс (baláns) — finance: document that summarizes financial activity
  • Russian: вы́писка (výpiska) — finance: document that summarizes financial activity
  • Scottish Gaelic: aithisg — finance: document that summarizes financial activity
  • Thai: งบ (ngóp) — finance: document that summarizes financial activity
  • Thai: สเตตเมนต์ — finance: document that summarizes financial activity
  • Turkish: ekstre — finance: document that summarizes financial activity
  • Bulgarian: кома́нда (kománda) — computing: instruction in a computer program
  • Catalan: instrucció — computing: instruction in a computer program
  • Catalan: sentència — computing: instruction in a computer program
  • Chinese Mandarin: 聲明 /声明 (shēngmíng) — computing: instruction in a computer program
  • Dutch: verklaring — computing: instruction in a computer program
  • Dutch: instructie — computing: instruction in a computer program
  • Finnish: lause — computing: instruction in a computer program
  • Finnish: käsky — computing: instruction in a computer program
  • French: instruction — computing: instruction in a computer program
  • German: Anweisung — computing: instruction in a computer program
  • Greek: εντολή (entolí) — computing: instruction in a computer program
  • Hebrew: הצהרה (hatshará) — computing: instruction in a computer program
  • Hungarian: utasítás — computing: instruction in a computer program
  • Japanese: 文 (bun) — computing: instruction in a computer program
  • Korean: 문 (mun) — computing: instruction in a computer program
  • Marathi: आज्ञा (ājñā) — computing: instruction in a computer program
  • Polish: instrukcja — computing: instruction in a computer program
  • Portuguese: declaração — computing: instruction in a computer program
  • Romanian: instrucțiune — computing: instruction in a computer program
  • Romanian: instrucțiuni — computing: instruction in a computer program
  • Russian: опера́тор (operátor) — computing: instruction in a computer program
  • Russian: инстру́кция (instrúkcija) — computing: instruction in a computer program
  • Russian: кома́нда (kománda) — computing: instruction in a computer program
  • Swedish: sats — computing: instruction in a computer program
  • Swedish: programsats — computing: instruction in a computer program
  • Thai: ข้อความสั่ง — computing: instruction in a computer program
Real reading context

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