STATEMENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does statement mean? 

• STATEMENT (noun)
  The noun STATEMENT has 7 senses:

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

2. a fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true

3. (music) the presentation of a musical theme

4. a nonverbal message

5. the act of affirming or asserting or stating something

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

7. a document showing credits and debits

  Familiarity information: STATEMENT used as a noun is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STATEMENT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Context example:

according to his statement he was in London on that day

Hypernyms ("statement" is a kind of...):

content; message; subject matter; substance (what a communication that is about something is about)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "statement"):

proposition ((logic) a statement that affirms or denies something and is either true or false)

word (a brief statement)

quotation (a statement of the current market price of a security or commodity)

falsehood; falsity; untruth (a false statement)

understatement (a statement that is restrained in ironic contrast to what might have been said)

qualification; reservation (a statement that limits or restricts some claim)

cautious statement (a statement made with careful qualifications)

comment; commentary (a written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material)

comment; input; remark (a statement that expresses a personal opinion or belief or adds information)

rhetorical question (a statement that is formulated as a question but that is not supposed to be answered)

misstatement (a statement that contains a mistake)

restatement (a revised statement)

agreement; understanding (the statement (oral or written) of an exchange of promises)

condition; strings; term ((usually plural) a statement of what is required as part of an agreement)

estimate (a statement indicating the likely cost of some job)

chemical formula; formula (a representation of a substance using symbols for its constituent elements)

representation (a factual statement made by one party in order to induce another party to enter into a contract)

declaration (a statement of taxable goods or of dutiable properties)

assurance (a statement intended to inspire confidence)

recital (a detailed statement giving facts and figures)

negation (a negative statement; a statement that is a refusal or denial of some other statement)

announcement; promulgation (a public statement containing information about an event that has happened or is going to happen)

sum-up; summary (a brief statement that presents the main points in a concise form)

pleading ((law) a statement in legal and logical form stating something on behalf of a party to a legal proceeding)

amendment (a statement that is added to or revises or improves a proposal or document (a bill or constitution etc.))

thing (a statement regarded as an object)

true statement; truth (a true statement)

description; verbal description (a statement that represents something in words)

declaration (a statement that is emphatic and explicit (spoken or written))

announcement; annunciation; declaration; proclamation (a formal public statement)

Bill of Rights (a statement of fundamental rights and privileges (especially the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution))

formula (a conventionalized statement expressing some fundamental principle)

mathematical statement (a statement of a mathematical relation)

bid; bidding ((bridge) the number of tricks a bridge player is willing to contract to make)

account; explanation (a statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc.)

explanandum; explicandum ((logic) a statement of something (a fact or thing or expression) to be explained)

explanans ((logic) statements that explain the explicandum; the explanatory premises)

value statement (a statement of the desirability of something)

representation (a statement of facts and reasons made in appealing or protesting)

answer; resolution; result; solution; solvent (a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem)

answer; reply; response (a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation)

forecasting; foretelling; prediction; prognostication (a statement made about the future)

Derivation:

state (express in words)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

argument; statement

Context example:

it was a strong argument that his hypothesis was true

Hypernyms ("statement" is a kind of...):

evidence (an indication that makes something evident)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "statement"):

case (a statement of facts and reasons used to support an argument)

specious argument (an argument that appears good at first view but is really fallacious)

last word (the final statement in a verbal argument)

adducing (citing as evidence or proof)

clincher; determiner; determining factor (an argument that is conclusive)

con (an argument opposed to a proposal)

pro (an argument in favor of a proposal)

counterargument (an argument offered in opposition to another argument)

proof (a formal series of statements showing that if one thing is true something else necessarily follows from it)

Derivation:

state (put before)

Sense 3

Meaning:

(music) the presentation of a musical theme

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Context example:

the initial statement of the sonata

Hypernyms ("statement" is a kind of...):

idea; melodic theme; musical theme; theme ((music) melodic subject of a musical composition)

Domain category:

music (an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "statement"):

augmentation (the statement of a theme in notes of greater duration (usually twice the length of the original))

diminution (the statement of a theme in notes of lesser duration (usually half the length of the original))

Sense 4

Meaning:

A nonverbal message

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Context example:

his tantrums are a statement of his need for attention

Hypernyms ("statement" is a kind of...):

content; message; subject matter; substance (what a communication that is about something is about)

Sense 5

Meaning:

The act of affirming or asserting or stating something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

affirmation; assertion; statement

Hypernyms ("statement" is a kind of...):

speech act (the use of language to perform some act)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "statement"):

say-so (one chap's arbitrary assertion)

Derivation:

state (put before)

state (express in words)

Sense 6

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

command; instruction; program line; statement

Hypernyms ("statement" is a kind of...):

code; computer code ((computer science) the symbolic arrangement of data or instructions in a computer program or the set of such instructions)

Domain category:

computer science; computing (the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "statement"):

call (an instruction that interrupts the program being executed)

command line (commands that a user types in order to run an application)

link ((computing) an instruction that connects one part of a program or an element on a list to another program or list)

macro; macro instruction (a single computer instruction that results in a series of instructions in machine language)

system error (an instruction that is either not recognized by an operating system or is in violation of the procedural rules)

toggle (any instruction that works first one way and then the other; it turns something on the first time it is used and then turns it off the next time)

Holonyms ("statement" is a part of...):

computer program; computer programme; program; programme ((computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute)

Sense 7

Meaning:

A document showing credits and debits

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

financial statement; statement

Hypernyms ("statement" is a kind of...):

commercial document; commercial instrument (a document of or relating to commerce)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "statement"):

account; bill; invoice (an itemized statement of money owed for goods shipped or services rendered)

account; account statement; accounting (a statement of recent transactions and the resulting balance)

earnings report; income statement; operating statement; profit-and-loss statement (a financial statement that gives operating results for a specific period)

bank statement (a periodic statement prepared by a bank for each client)

 Context examples 

It really is worthwhile to look closely at your statements.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

He found no such statement, but he did find that which made him suddenly wilt.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

The Biological Extinction statement said: “All of our food comes directly or indirectly from higher plants, of which there are an estimated 425,000 species.

(Nearly Half the Planet's Species Could Be Wiped Out by the End of This Century, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

A statement that indicates casts were looked for in a biological specimen.

(Cast Present Or Absent, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

There was her statement, Watson, and to me, as you can imagine, it was like a light on a dark night.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Now, Mr. Hilton Cubitt, please continue your most interesting statement.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

And that it was grave, I instanced his statement that he intended to stay and die on Endeavour Island.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

The Coroner: Did your father make any statement to you before he died?

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A statement that indicates crystals were looked for in a biological specimen.

(Crystal Present Or Absent, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

A written or verbal account, representation, statement, or explanation of something.

(Description, NCI Thesaurus)