What does Status mean?

Definitions for Status
ˈsteɪ təs, ˈstæt əssta·tus

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. status, positionnoun

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

    "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"

  2. condition, statusnoun

    a state at a particular time

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

Wiktionary

  1. statusnoun

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

    Superstition is highly correlated with economic status.

  2. statusnoun

    Prestige or high standing.

  3. statusnoun

    A situation or state of affairs.

  4. statusnoun

    The legal condition of a person or thing.

  5. statusadjective

    Registered under the Indian Act.

    He is a status Indian.

  6. Etymology: From status.

ChatGPT

  1. status

    Status refers to a person's relative social or professional position within a certain context, group, or hierarchy. It can also indicate the condition or state of affairs of something or someone at a particular time. Depending on the context, status can signify the prestige or respect associated with someone's ranking or express a particular phase in a process or system.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Statusnoun

    state; condition; position of affairs

  2. Etymology: [L.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Status

    stā′tus, n. state: condition: rank. [L.]

Editors Contribution

  1. status

    The current description of a task or level of service.

    The status of the job was recorded on the system.


    Submitted by MaryC on March 14, 2020  


  2. status

    The current existence.

    The status of the task was recorded on the system.


    Submitted by MaryC on March 14, 2020  

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British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Status' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1129

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Status' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2598

  3. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Status' in Nouns Frequency: #543

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Status in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Status in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of Status in a Sentence

  1. White House:

    President Trumphas invited a bipartisan group of moderate House members to the White House on Wednesdayto discuss a host of issues, including tax reform, infrastructure and health care, according to a congressional source familiar with the meeting. The meeting may also include a discussion of the path forward for ‘DREAMers,’ undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children, the source said, asking for anonymity to discuss a meeting that had not been publicly announced. Trump last week canceledformer president Obama’spolicy of protecting DREAMersfrom deportation andset a six-month deadline for Congress to pass legislationto preserve their legal status. As of Tuesday morning,four Republican and eight Democratic House members were confirmed for the meeting, including members of the bipartisan ‘Problem Solvers’ caucus and the centrist Democrat Blue Dog Coalition, according to another congressional source familiar with the meeting.

  2. Becky George:

    The vast majority of Americans support background checks on gun sales, no matter their race, political affiliation, state, or gun ownership status, there are few issues in America that are more unifying than gun safety and it's time our leaders in the Senate listen to the people and act.

  3. Willie Delwiche:

    What Trump is saying and what China is responding to would suggest that maybe we are more at a status quo level of a detente than at further deterioration in relationships, we want to see evidence that things aren't deteriorating and if tariffs are getting delayed or rolled back, that's evidence.

  4. Robert Byrne:

    Everything is in a state of flux, including the status quo.

  5. Pramila Jayapal:

    This is not a partisan issue, we all understand that, particularly for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault, we have to have the ability for them to come forward and not fear that they are going to somehow suffer some kind of a consequences because of their immigration status.

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