status
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin status.
Pronunciation [edit]
- (UK) IPA: /ˈsteɪt.əs/
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Audio (GB) (file) - (US) enPR: stătəs, IPA: /ˈstæt.əs/, /ˈsteɪt.əs/
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Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -eɪtəs, -ætəs
Noun [edit]
status (plural statuses or (rare) stati)
- A person’s condition, position or standing relative to that of others.
- Superstition is highly correlated with economic status.
- Prestige or high standing.
- 1957, Gladys Sellew and Paul Hanly Furfey, Sociology and Its Use in Nursing Service, Saunders, page 81
- The king has status in his kingdom, and the pauper has status within his immediate group of peers.
- 1957, Gladys Sellew and Paul Hanly Furfey, Sociology and Its Use in Nursing Service, Saunders, page 81
- A situation or state of affairs.
- What's the status of the investigation?
- New York is known for its status as a financial center.
- (law) The legal condition of a person or thing.
- (Canada, almost always used to modify another noun) The state (of a Canadian Indian) of being registered under the Indian Act.
- He is a status Indian.
- (Canada, almost always used to modify another noun) The state (of a Canadian Indian) of being registered under the Indian Act.
- (Social networking) A function of some instant messaging applications, whereby a user may post a message that appears automatically to other users, if they attempt to make contact.
- I'm just about to update my status to "busy".
Derived terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
a person’s position or standing relative to that of others
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situation or state of affairs
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Dutch [edit]
Noun [edit]
status c (??? please provide the plural!, ??? please provide the diminutive!)
- status (all senses)
Esperanto [edit]
Verb [edit]
status
- conditional of stati
Italian [edit]
Noun [edit]
status
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References [edit]
Latin [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Perfect passive participle of stō, stare (“stand, remain”)
Participle [edit]
status m (feminine stata, neuter statum); first/second declension
Inflection [edit]
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case \ Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| nominative | status | stata | statum | statī | statae | stata | |
| genitive | statī | statae | statī | statōrum | statārum | statōrum | |
| dative | statō | statae | statō | statīs | statīs | statīs | |
| accusative | statum | statam | statum | statōs | statās | stata | |
| ablative | statō | statā | statō | statīs | statīs | statīs | |
| vocative | state | stata | statum | statī | statae | stata | |
Noun [edit]
status (genitive statūs); m, fourth declension
Inflection [edit]
| Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | status | statūs |
| genitive | statūs | statuum |
| dative | statuī | statibus |
| accusative | statum | statūs |
| ablative | statū | statibus |
| vocative | status | statūs |
Descendants [edit]
Romansch [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Borrowed from Latin status.
Noun [edit]
status m
Synonyms [edit]
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran) stadi
Serbo-Croatian [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /stǎːtus/
- Hyphenation: sta‧tus
Noun [edit]
státus m (Cyrillic spelling ста́тус)
Declension [edit]
declension of status
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | status | statusi |
| genitive | statusa | statusa |
| dative | statusu | statusima |
| accusative | status | statuse |
| vocative | statuse | statusi |
| locative | statusu | statusima |
| instrumental | statusom | statusima |
Swedish [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
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Audio (file)
Noun [edit]
status c
Declension [edit]
Declension of status
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Common | indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite |
| nominative | status | statusen | statusar | statusarna |
| genitive | status | statusens | statusars | statusarnas |