statement
//ˈsteɪtm(ə)nt//
Forms
- Plural
- statements
- present (v1)
- statement
- past (v2)
- statemented
- past participle (v3)
- statemented
- present participle
- statementing
- 3rd person singular
- statements
Definitions
1.A declaration or remark.
2.A presentation of opinion or position.
3.A document that summarizes financial activity.
4.An instruction in a computer program, especially one that returns no value, as opposed to a function call.
- However, it is the responsibility of the programmer to ensure that the control ultimately reaches the last statement of the range.
- In this section we will examine BASIC's primary statement for repeating a string of statements under program control: the FOR statement. Another statement, the NEXT statement, is always used with a FOR statement.
1.Decisive.
- Gabriel Martinelli scored a dramatic late winner as Arsenal earned a statement victory over defending Premier League champions Manchester City at Emirates Stadium.
1.To provide an official document of a proposition, especially in the UK, a Statement of Special Educational Needs.
Frequency
Overall
Common· #791
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Uncommon
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Uncommon
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-
Proto-Indo-European *-tus
Proto-Indo-European *stéh₂-tu-s ~ *sth₂-téw-s
Proto-Italic *status
Latin statuslbor.
Old French estatbor.
Middle English stat
English state
Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥
Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom
Proto-Italic *-mentom