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status

[ stey-tuhs, stat-uhs ]

noun

  1. the position of an individual in relation to another or others, especially in regard to social or professional standing:

    Women in India have a lower status than men and therefore less control over money.

  2. high social or professional standing; prestige:

    The Wilsons have status in the community because of their charitable work.

  3. state or condition of affairs:

    Arbitration has failed to change the status of the disagreement.

  4. Law. the standing of a person before the law:

    Those students can receive the same tax breaks as citizens, regardless of their status as immigrants.

  5. Digital Technology. a short post on a social networking website or messaging application that gives information about the user’s present situation, activities, thoughts, etc.:

    I changed my Facebook status from married to single.



adjective

  1. conferring or believed to confer elevated status:

    a status car; a status job.

status

/ ˈٱɪə /

noun

  1. a social or professional position, condition, or standing to which varying degrees of responsibility, privilege, and esteem are attached
  2. the relative position or standing of a person or thing
  3. a high position or standing; prestige

    he has acquired a new status since he has been in that job

  4. the legal standing or condition of a person
  5. a state of affairs
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

status

  1. The relative position of an individual within a group, or of a group within a society.
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Notes

Though the term can refer to either high or low standing, it is often used only to imply a position of prestige.
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Other Word Forms

  • ԴDz·ٲtܲ adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of status1

First recorded in 1665–75; from Latin: “the condition of standing, stature, status,” equivalent to sta- (variant stem of “to stand”) + -tus suffix of verbal action; stand
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Word History and Origins

Origin of status1

C17: from Latin: posture, from to stand
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Synonym Study

See state.
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Example Sentences

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Among all measles patients, 96% were not vaccinated or had an unknown vaccination status.

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" I'm hearing is that this is a reprieve for many students who have had their status reinstated in SEVIS," Prof Mukherjee said.

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Joe Goldberg has maintained the status quo of his original inner narrative, learning nothing, changing nothing.

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Gurr is typically an open book, especially as he has grown into his status as a mentor and a role model.

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Although there is no official information on the status of such projects, sources say progress has been limited.

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Is The Plural Of Status?

Plural word for status

The plural form of status is statuses (not stati). Even though status is derived from Latin, it isn’t pluralized by replacing the -us ending with -i, as is done in many other Latin-derived words ending in -us, such as cactus/cacti and fungus/fungi.

Most words ending in -s, -ss, -ch, -sh, -x, and –o follow the conventional pluralization pattern of simply adding -es. However, several other words that end in -us are pluralized in the same way as status, including surplus/surpluses and census/censuses.

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