What does status mean?

Definitions for status
ˈsteɪ təs, ˈstæt əssta·tus

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word status.

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. Brady Toensing:

    My goal is for a full, fair, and impartial investigation – that’s all I care about, that people be treated the same regardless of status in this system.

  2. Becky Roering:

    TSA is handing out PreCheck status like Halloween candy in an effort to expedite passengers as quickly as possible, despite the self-admitted security gaps that are being created in the process.

  3. The DPP:

    I know Xi Jinping is working very hard to make a circle before she (Tsai) takes office - to get her to stand inside the circle, that is the trick you have to avoid. There is no such thing as the maintenance of a status quo.

  4. Even Wistrich:

    Or( we saw) the police officer using Hertfordshire Police/AP status within the family courts to undermine her access to her own children. certainly if anyone’s a victim of a police officer, they’re going to be extremely fearful of coming forward.

  5. The Archdiocese of Chicago:

    There is no place in American life for discriminatory rhetoric of any kind, at a time when hate crimes are on the rise, when religious believers are murdered in their places of worship, we cannot countenance any speech that dehumanizes persons on the basis of ethnicity, religious belief, economic status or country of origin.

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