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status

noun · 9 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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  • General-South-African, Ireland, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsteɪ.təs/
  • UK: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Canada, General-American: /ˈsteɪt.əs/
  • Canada, General-American: [ˈsteɪɾ.əs]
  • Australian, Canada, Ireland, US: /ˈstæt.əs/
  • Australian, Canada, Ireland, US: [ˈstæɾ.əs]
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Australian, New-Zealand: /ˈstæɪ.təs/
  • Australian, New-Zealand: [ˈstæɪɾ.əs]
  • /ˈstɛː.təs/ Northern England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales, many accents
  • /ˈsteː.təs/ Northern England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales, many accents
  • rhymes with -eɪtəs
  • rhymes with -ætəs
  • CMU ARPABET: S T AE1 T AH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: S T EY1 T AH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A person’s condition, position or standing relative to that of others.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • Superstition is highly correlated with economic status.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: place

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Prestige or high standing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A situation or state of affairs.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • Near-synonym: footing
  • What's the status of the investigation?
  • New York is known for its status as a financial center.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: footing

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

The legal condition of a person or thing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: law

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

The legal condition of a person or thing.

The state (of a Canadian First Nations person) of being registered under the Indian Act.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Canada, countable, uncountable, usually

Topics: law

Examples

  • He is a status Indian.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

A function of some instant messaging applications, whereby a user may post a message that appears automatically to other users, if they attempt to make contact.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Qualifier: social media

Examples

  • I'm just about to update my status to "busy".

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

Short for status epilepticus or status asthmaticus.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable

Topics: medicine, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

a state at a particular time

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a condition (or state) of disrepair
  • the current status of the arms negotiations

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: condition

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: state

Narrower terms: diversity, anchorage, health, mode, niche, ecological niche, noise conditions, participation, involvement, prepossession, regularization, regularisation, saturation, silence, situation, position, ski conditions, nomination, standardization, standardisation, stigmatism, astigmatism, astigmia, way, circumstance, homelessness, reinstatement, place, celibacy, virginity, innocence, purity, pureness, sinlessness, whiteness, guilt, guiltiness, encapsulation, polarization, polarisation, physical condition, physiological state, physiological condition, hyalinization, hyalinisation, vacuolization, vacuolisation, vacuolation, protuberance, curvature, psychological state, psychological condition, mental state, mental condition, difficulty, improvement, melioration, decline, declination, ennoblement, dominance, ascendance, ascendence, ascendancy, ascendency, control, comfort, comfortableness, discomfort, uncomfortableness, need, demand, fullness, emptiness, nakedness, nudity, nudeness, hairlessness, depilation, dishabille, deshabille, hopefulness, despair, desperation, impurity, impureness, financial condition, economic condition, sanitary condition, tilth, orderliness, order, disorderliness, disorder, normality, normalcy, lactosuria, environmental condition, climate, mood, atmosphere, ambiance, ambience, unsusceptibility, immunity, resistance, subservience, susceptibility, susceptibleness, wetness, dryness, waterlessness, xerotes, safety, danger, tension, tensity, tenseness, tautness, atonicity, atony, atonia, amyotonia, laxness, laxity, repair, soundness, mutism, muteness, eye condition, unsoundness, impropriety, iniquity, wickedness, darkness, dark, light, illumination, malady, serration, absolution, automation, brutalization, brutalisation, condemnation, deification, diversification, exoneration, facilitation, frizz, fruition, hospitalization, identification, impaction, ionization, ionisation, irradiation, leakiness, lubrication, mechanization, mechanisation, motivation, mummification, preservation, prognathism, rustication, rustiness, scandalization, scandalisation, submission, urbanization, urbanisation

9

noun

Meaning 9

the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he had the status of a minor
  • the novel attained the status of a classic
  • atheists do not enjoy a favorable position in American life

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: position

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: state

Narrower terms: face, election, equality, equivalence, equation, par, social station, social status, social rank, rank, standing, high status, high ground, high profile, Holy Order, Order, low status, lowness, lowliness, legal status, bastardy, illegitimacy, bar sinister, left-handedness, command, nationality, footing, terms, retirement, caste, dignity, nobility, noblesse, ordination, pedestal, leadership, slot, toehold

History

Etymology

A learned borrowing from Latin status. A doublet of state and estate.

Across languages

Translations

169 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: تَرْتِيب (tartīb) — person’s position or standing
  • Arabic: دَرَجَة (daraja) — person’s position or standing
  • Arabic: رُتْبَة (rutba) — person’s position or standing
  • Arabic: مَرْتَبَة (martaba) — person’s position or standing
  • Arabic: مَنْزِلَة (manzila) — person’s position or standing
  • Arabic: مَنْصِب (manṣib) — person’s position or standing
  • Armenian: կարգավիճակ (kargavičak) — person’s position or standing
  • Bashkir: торош (toroş) — person’s position or standing
  • Belarusian: стан (stan) — person’s position or standing
  • Belarusian: ста́тус (státus) — person’s position or standing
  • Bulgarian: ста́тус (státus) — person’s position or standing
  • Bulgarian: положе́ние (položénie) — person’s position or standing
  • Bulgarian: състоя́ние (sǎstojánie) — person’s position or standing
  • Chinese Mandarin: 地位 (dìwèi) — person’s position or standing
  • Chinese Mandarin: 身份 (shēnfèn) — person’s position or standing
  • Czech: postavení — person’s position or standing
  • Czech: životní úroveň — person’s position or standing
  • Danish: anseende — person’s position or standing
  • Danish: status — person’s position or standing
  • Dutch: status — person’s position or standing
  • Esperanto: prestiĝo — person’s position or standing
  • Estonian: seisund — person’s position or standing
  • Finnish: asema — person’s position or standing
  • Finnish: status — person’s position or standing
  • French: état — person’s position or standing
  • German: Status — person’s position or standing
  • Greek: υπόσταση (ypóstasi) — person’s position or standing
  • Greek: θέση (thési) — person’s position or standing
  • Hindi: पद (pad) — person’s position or standing
  • Hungarian: helyzet — person’s position or standing
  • Hungarian: státus — person’s position or standing
  • Hungarian: pozíció — person’s position or standing
  • Icelandic: staða — person’s position or standing
  • Italian: stato — person’s position or standing
  • Japanese: 地位 (chii) — person’s position or standing
  • Japanese: 身分 (mibun) — person’s position or standing
  • Kazakh: мәртебе (märtebe) — person’s position or standing
  • Kazakh: дәреже (däreje) — person’s position or standing
  • Kazakh: терезе (tereze) — person’s position or standing
  • Korean: 지위 (jiwi) — person’s position or standing
  • Korean: 신분 (sinbun) — person’s position or standing
  • Lao: ສະຖານະພາບ (sa thā na phāp) — person’s position or standing
  • Latin: status — person’s position or standing
  • Macedonian: статус (status) — person’s position or standing
  • Māori: tupu — person’s position or standing
  • Māori: tūranga — person’s position or standing
  • Norwegian Bokmål: status — person’s position or standing
  • Persian: جایگاه (jâygâh) — person’s position or standing
  • Persian: وضعیت (vaz'iyyat) — person’s position or standing
  • Persian: وضع (vaz') — person’s position or standing
  • Polish: status — person’s position or standing
  • Portuguese: status — person’s position or standing
  • Romanian: statut — person’s position or standing
  • Romanian: poziție (a cuiva) — person’s position or standing
  • Russian: положе́ние (položénije) — person’s position or standing
  • Russian: состоя́ние (sostojánije) — person’s position or standing
  • Russian: ста́тус (státus) — person’s position or standing
  • Serbo-Croatian: ста́тус — person’s position or standing
  • Serbo-Croatian: státus — person’s position or standing
  • Shan: ၸၼ်ႉထၢၼ်ႈ (tsâ̰n thāan) — person’s position or standing
  • Slovak: postavenie — person’s position or standing
  • Slovak: životná úroveň — person’s position or standing
  • Spanish: estatus — person’s position or standing
  • Spanish: status — person’s position or standing
  • Swedish: status — person’s position or standing
  • Tajik: вазъият (vaz'iyat) — person’s position or standing
  • Tamil: அந்தஸ்து (antastu) — person’s position or standing
  • Telugu: స్థానం (sthānaṁ) — person’s position or standing
  • Thai: สถานภาพ (sà-tǎa-ná-pâap) — person’s position or standing
  • Turkish: statü — person’s position or standing
  • Ottoman Turkish: بال (bâl) — person’s position or standing
  • Ottoman Turkish: پرهسه (perese) — person’s position or standing
  • Ukrainian: стан (stan) — person’s position or standing
  • Ukrainian: ста́тус (státus) — person’s position or standing
  • Welsh: statws — person’s position or standing
  • Bashkir: абруй (abruy) — prestige or high standing
  • Bulgarian: ранг (rang) — prestige or high standing
  • Danish: anseende — prestige or high standing
  • Dutch: aanzien — prestige or high standing
  • Finnish: status — prestige or high standing
  • German: Ansehen — prestige or high standing
  • Hindi: प्रतिष्ठा (pratiṣṭhā) — prestige or high standing
  • Kazakh: бедел (bedel) — prestige or high standing
  • Korean: 높은 지위 (nopeun jiwi) — prestige or high standing
  • Portuguese: status — prestige or high standing
  • Turkish: statü — prestige or high standing
  • Arabic: حَال (ḥāl) — situation or state of affairs — see also state
  • Arabic: حَالَة (ḥāla) — situation or state of affairs — see also state
  • Arabic: وَضْعِيَّة (waḍʕiyya) — situation or state of affairs — see also state
  • Armenian: իրավիճակ (iravičak) — situation or state of affairs — see also state
  • Bashkir: хәл (xəl) — situation or state of affairs — see also state
  • Belarusian: стано́вішча (stanóvišča) — situation or state of affairs — see also state
  • Belarusian: стан (stan) — situation or state of affairs — see also state
  • Bulgarian: положе́ние (položénie) — situation or state of affairs — see also state
  • Bulgarian: състоя́ние (sǎstojánie) — situation or state of affairs — see also state
  • Chinese Mandarin: 狀態 /状态 (zhuàngtài) — situation or state of affairs — see also state
  • Czech: stav — situation or state of affairs — see also state
  • Danish: status — situation or state of affairs — see also state
  • Danish: nuværende situation — situation or state of affairs — see also state
  • Dutch: status — situation or state of affairs — see also state
  • Esperanto: stato — situation or state of affairs — see also state
  • Estonian: olek — situation or state of affairs — see also state
  • Estonian: seisund — situation or state of affairs — see also state
  • Finnish: tila — situation or state of affairs — see also state
  • Finnish: tilanne — situation or state of affairs — see also state
  • French: statut — situation or state of affairs — see also state
  • French: état — situation or state of affairs — see also state
  • German: Stand — situation or state of affairs — see also state
  • German: Status — situation or state of affairs — see also state
  • Greek: κατάσταση (katástasi) — situation or state of affairs — see also state
  • Greek: υπόσταση (ypóstasi) — situation or state of affairs — see also state
  • Greek: καθεστώς (kathestós) — situation or state of affairs — see also state
  • Hindi: स्थिति (sthiti) — situation or state of affairs — see also state
  • Hindi: हालत (hālat) — situation or state of affairs — see also state
  • Hungarian: állás — situation or state of affairs — see also state
  • Indonesian: keadaan — situation or state of affairs — see also state
  • Italian: stato — situation or state of affairs — see also state
  • Japanese: 状態 (jōtai) — situation or state of affairs — see also state
  • Japanese: 様子 (yōsu) — situation or state of affairs — see also state
  • Japanese: 有様 (arisama) — situation or state of affairs — see also state
  • Khmer: ឋានៈ (thaanaʼ) — situation or state of affairs — see also state
  • Khmer: ភាព (phiəp) — situation or state of affairs — see also state
  • Khmer: ស្ថានភាព (səthaanaʼphiəp) — situation or state of affairs — see also state
  • Korean: 상태 (sangtae) — situation or state of affairs — see also state
  • Macedonian: состојба (sostojba) — situation or state of affairs — see also state
  • Persian: وضعیت (vaz'iyyat) — situation or state of affairs — see also state
  • Persian: حالت (hâlat) — situation or state of affairs — see also state
  • Persian: حال (hâl) — situation or state of affairs — see also state
  • Polish: stan — situation or state of affairs — see also state
  • Portuguese: estado — situation or state of affairs — see also state
  • Portuguese: status — situation or state of affairs — see also state
  • Romanian: stare — situation or state of affairs — see also state
  • Romanian: situație — situation or state of affairs — see also state
  • Russian: положе́ние (položénije) — situation or state of affairs — see also state
  • Russian: состоя́ние (sostojánije) — situation or state of affairs — see also state
  • Serbo-Croatian: ста́тус — situation or state of affairs — see also state
  • Serbo-Croatian: ста́ње — situation or state of affairs — see also state
  • Serbo-Croatian: státus — situation or state of affairs — see also state
  • Serbo-Croatian: stánje — situation or state of affairs — see also state
  • Slovak: stav — situation or state of affairs — see also state
  • Slovene: stanje — situation or state of affairs — see also state
  • Slovene: položaj — situation or state of affairs — see also state
  • Spanish: estatus — situation or state of affairs — see also state
  • Spanish: status — situation or state of affairs — see also state
  • Swedish: status — situation or state of affairs — see also state
  • Swedish: nuläge — situation or state of affairs — see also state
  • Tajik: вазъият (vaz'iyat) — situation or state of affairs — see also state
  • Tajik: ҳолат (holat) — situation or state of affairs — see also state
  • Tajik: ҳол (hol) — situation or state of affairs — see also state
  • Tamil: நிலைமை (nilaimai) — situation or state of affairs — see also state
  • Tamil: நிலை (nilai) — situation or state of affairs — see also state
  • Thai: สถานะ (sà-tǎa-ná) — situation or state of affairs — see also state
  • Thai: สภาพ (sà-pâap) — situation or state of affairs — see also state
  • Turkish: durum — situation or state of affairs — see also state
  • Ukrainian: стано́вище (stanóvyšče) — situation or state of affairs — see also state
  • Ukrainian: стан (stan) — situation or state of affairs — see also state
  • Urdu: حالَت (hālat) — situation or state of affairs — see also state
  • Vietnamese: trạng thái — situation or state of affairs — see also state
  • Welsh: statws — situation or state of affairs — see also state
  • Finnish: oikeusasema — legal condition
  • Hungarian: jogállás — legal condition
  • Hungarian: jogviszony — legal condition
  • Danish: status — social networking: function of some instant messaging applications
  • Finnish: tila — social networking: function of some instant messaging applications
  • German: Status — social networking: function of some instant messaging applications
  • Greek: κατάταση (katátasi) — social networking: function of some instant messaging applications
  • Hungarian: állapot — social networking: function of some instant messaging applications
  • Turkish: durum — social networking: function of some instant messaging applications
  • Finnish: status — medicine: prolonged attack of asthma or epilepsy
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