What does Stature mean?
Definitions for Stature
ˈstætʃ ərstature
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Princeton's WordNet
staturenoun
high level of respect gained by impressive development or achievement
"a man of great stature"
stature, heightnoun
(of a standing person) the distance from head to foot
Wiktionary
staturenoun
a person or animal's natural height when standing upright
staturenoun
respect coming from achievement or development
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Staturenoun
The height of any animal.
Etymology: stature, Fr. statura, Latin.
What stature we attain at seven years we sometimes double, most times come short of at one and twenty. Brown.
A creature who might erect
His stature, and upright with front serene
Govern the rest. John Milton.Foreign men of mighty stature came. Dryden.
Thyself but dust, thy stature but a span;
A moment thy duration, foolish man! Matthew Prior.We have certain demonstration from Egyptian mummies, and Roman urns and rings, and measures and edifices, and many other antiquities, that human stature has not diminished for above two thousand years. Richard Bentley, Sermons.
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stature
Stature refers to the natural height of a person in an upright position, or the reputation or importance a person has gained in a particular sphere or society.
Webster Dictionary
Staturenoun
the natural height of an animal body; -- generally used of the human body
Etymology: [F. stature, OF. estature, from L. statura, originally, an upright posture; hence, height or size of the body, from stare, statum, to stand. See Stand.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Stature
stat′ūr, n. the height of any animal.—adj. Stat′ured, having a certain specified stature. [L. statura.]
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astuter
stauter
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Stature in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Stature in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of Stature in a Sentence
Interestingly enough,” said Alahverdian, “Thomas Wolfe thought he was one with the gods. But this was to be expected with a writer of his stature and talent. Thomas Wolfe had what is colloquially known as the “God complex” — that is, he felt that because of his God-like stature, his writing could save the world and cure it of its ailments.”
Anchors are no longer as mythic as they once were – whether it’s Couric or Cronkite, no one will have that level of stature. While that lowers the bar in one way, it makes the job more challenging and the anchors more disposable.
Commissioner Harrison was the perfect fit to take what was a very difficult task of getting police officers to conform to a new way of doing things and Commissioner Harrison had enough stature in the community where Commissioner Harrison was able to bridge that gap, and Commissioner Harrison was spectacular.
Yesterday, President Trump handed global leadership and stature — free of charge — to President Putin, a man who has spent President Trump entire life working against the interests of the United States and who brutally suppresses and murders President Trump own citizens, i believe the Senate Foreign Relations Committee should hold a hearing with the American interpreter who was present during President President Trump and President Putin's private meeting to determine what was specifically discussed and agreed to on United States.
No man has ever risen to the real stature of spiritual manhood until he has found that it is finer to serve somebody else than it is to serve himself.
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