statement

  • 1statement — state·ment n 1 a: an official or formal report or declaration a statement of policy b: an oral or written assertion (as by a witness) or conduct intended as an assertion see also hearsay, prior consistent statement …

    Law dictionary

  • 2Statement — may refer to:*Press statement, a statement issued to the news media *statement (logic) that is either true or false *Sentence (linguistics), a type of sentence *Statement (programming), an instruction to execute something that will not return a… …

    Wikipedia

  • 3Statement — State ment (st[=a]t ment), n. 1. The act of stating, reciting, or presenting, orally or on paper; as, to interrupt a speaker in the statement of his case. [1913 Webster] 2. That which is stated; a formal embodiment in language of facts or… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 4statement — 1775, from STATE (Cf. state) (v.) + MENT (Cf. ment) …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 5statement — Also receipt Euroclear Clearing and Settlement glossary A detailed summary of an account. Euroclear Clearing and Settlement glossary See deposit receipt, withdrawal receipt. Euroclear Clearing and Settlement glossary * * * statement state‧ment… …

    Financial and business terms

  • 6statement — noun 1 something that you say or write ADJECTIVE ▪ brief, short ▪ Saunder s lawyer made a brief statement to the press outside the court. ▪ bald, blunt, flat ▪ …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 7statement — n. act of stating something stated 1) to issue, make a statement 2) to confirm a statement 3) to deny; refute; retract, withdraw a statement 4) a brief, short; clear; false; oral; rash; succinct; sweeping; terse; vague; written statement 5) a… …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 8statement — I UK [ˈsteɪtmənt] / US noun Word forms statement : singular statement plural statements *** 1) [countable] a written or spoken announcement on an important subject that someone makes in public make/issue a statement: He had been instructed not to …

    English dictionary

  • 9statement — state|ment1 W1S2 [ˈsteıtmənt] n 1.) something you say or write, especially publicly or officially, to let people know your intentions or opinions, or to record facts statement on/about ▪ the Prime Minister s recent statements on Europe… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 10statement — state|ment [ steıtmənt ] noun *** 1. ) count a written or spoken announcement on an important subject that someone makes in public: make/issue a statement: He had been instructed not to make any statements to the press about the incident.… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English