statement

statement - English

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈsteɪtm(ə)nt/
  • (General American) IPA: /ˈsteɪtmənt/
  • Hyphenation: state‧ment

Noun

statement (plural statements)

  1. A declaration or remark.
    • make a statement
    • publish a statement
    • utter a statement
  2. A presentation of opinion or position.
  3. (finance) A document that summarizes financial activity.
    • a bank statement
  4. (computing) An instruction in a computer program, especially one that returns no value, as opposed to a function call.

Synonyms

  • See statement

Derived terms

Terms derived from statement

Translations


Verb

statement (third-person singular simple present statements, present participle statementing, simple past and past participle statemented)

  1. (transitive) To provide an official document of a proposition, especially in the UK a Statement of Special Educational Needs.

Anagrams

Meaning and Definition of statement
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