statement

English[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsteɪtm(ə)nt/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsteɪtmənt/
Audio (GA) (file)
Rhymes: -eɪtmənt
Hyphenation: state‧ment

Etymology 1[edit]

From state +‎ -ment.

Noun[edit]

statement (plural statements)

A declaration or remark.
make a statement

publish a statement

utter a statement
A presentation of opinion or position.
(finance) A document that summarizes financial activity.
a bank statement
(computing) An instruction in a computer program, especially one that returns no value, as opposed to a function call.
- 1981, Thomas C. Bartee, BASIC computer programming, page 110:
  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.
- 1989, M. K. Roy; Debabrata Ghosh Dastidar, COBOL Programming, page 174:
  However, it is the responsibility of the programmer to ensure that the control ultimately reaches the last statement of the range.

Synonyms[edit]

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Derived terms[edit]

Terms derived from statement

Translations[edit]

declaration or remark

Arabic: تَصْرِيح‎ m (taṣrīḥ)
Belarusian: зая́ва f (zajáva), сцвярджэ́нне n (scvjardžénnje)
Bengali: বয়ান (bn) (boẏan)
Bulgarian: твърде́ние (bg) n (tvǎrdénie), изявле́ние (bg) n (izjavlénie)
Catalan: declaració (ca) f
Cebuano: pahayag, saysay
Chinese:
Mandarin: 聲明／声明 (zh) (shēngmíng), 陳述／陈述 (zh) (chénshù)
Czech: výrok (cs) m, tvrzení (cs) n
Danish: udsagn n
Dutch: verklaring (nl) f, bemerking (nl) f, opmerking (nl) f
Estonian: väide
Faroese: frágreiðing f
Finnish: toteamus
French: déclaration (fr) f
Georgian: განცხადება (gancxadeba)
German: Aussage (de) f, Angabe (de) f, Erklärung (de) f
Greek: δήλωση (el) f (dílosi)
Hebrew: הַצְהָרָה‎ f (hatshará), קביעה‎ f (kviá)
Hindi: कथन (hi) m (kathan)
Hungarian: kijelentés (hu), állítás (hu)
Indonesian: pernyataan (id)
Irish: ráiteas m
Italian: dichiarazione (it)
Japanese: 声明 (ja) (せいめい, seimei), 陳述 (ja) (ちんじゅつ, chinjutsu)
Kapampangan: agkas, igkas, keyigkasan, keyagkasan, inamanu, sambitla
Korean: 성명(聲明) (ko) (seongmyeong), 진술(陳述) (ko) (jinsul)
Macedonian: изјава f (izjava)
Malay: kenyataan
Malayalam: പ്രസ്താവന (ml) (prastāvana)
Maori: tauākī, tātaku, taukī
Marathi: विधान n (vidhān)
Mirandese: afirmaçon f
Navajo: chʼíhootʼánígíí
Polish: stwierdzenie (pl) n, twierdzenie (pl) n
Papiamentu: deklarashon
Portuguese: declaração (pt), afirmação (pt) f
Romanian: declarație (ro) f, remarcă (ro) f
Russian: заявле́ние (ru) n (zajavlénije), утвержде́ние (ru) n (utverždénije)
Scottish Gaelic: ràdh (gd) m
Slovak: výrok m, tvrdenie n
Spanish: declaración (es) f
Tagalog: pahayag, ulat (tl)
Thai: แถลงการณ์ (th) (tà-lɛ̌ɛng-gaan), คำแถลง, ถ้อยแถลง (th)
Turkish: açıklama (tr), bildirge (tr), demeç (tr), beyanat (tr)
Ukrainian: зая́ва f (zajáva), тве́рдження n (tvérdžennja), ре́чення (uk) n (réčennja)
Uyghur: اخبارات‎ (axbarat), بايانات‎ (bayanat)
Yiddish: דערקלערונג‎ f (derklerung)

presentation of opinion or position

Bulgarian: изложе́ние (bg) n (izložénie)
Catalan: declaració (ca) f
Cebuano: tanyag
Czech: výrok (cs) m
Danish: meningstilkendegivelse c
Dutch: verklaring (nl) f, stellingname (nl) f
Faroese: frágreiðing f
Finnish: lausunto (fi), kannanotto (fi), julkilausuma (fi)
French: déclaration (fr) f
German: Stellungnahme (de) f, Bekundung (de) f, Erklärung (de) f
Greek: δήλωση (el) f (dílosi)
Hebrew: טַעֲנָה‎ f (ta'aná)
Hungarian: bejelentés (hu), nyilatkozat (hu), közlemény (hu)
Irish: ráiteas m
Malayalam: പ്രസ്താവന (ml) (prastāvana)
Maori: tauaki, tātaku
Plautdietsch: Berecht m
Polish: oświadczenie (pl) n
Portuguese: declaração (pt) f, afirmação (pt) f
Romanian: declarație (ro) f
Russian: изложе́ние (ru) n (izložénije), формулиро́вка (ru) f (formuliróvka)
Sanskrit: वाद (sa) m (vāda)
Scottish Gaelic: ràdh (gd) m
Spanish: declaración (es) f
Swedish: uttryck (sv)
Tagalog: deklarasyon (tl)
Turkish: açıklama (tr), bildiri (tr), deklarasyon (tr)
Yiddish: דערקלערונג‎ f (derklerung)

finance: document that summarizes financial activity

Bulgarian: отче́т (bg) m (otčét)
Catalan: extracte m
Cebuano: ihap, kwenta, balansi
Chinese:
Mandarin: 財務報告／财务报告 (cáiwù bàogào), 銀行結單／银行结单 (yínháng jiédān) (bank statement)
Czech: výpis (cs) m
Dutch: uittreksel (nl) n
Esperanto: etato
Finnish: tiliote (fi)
French: relevé (fr) m
German: Auszug (de) m, Kontoauszug (de) m
Hebrew: הַצְהָרָה‎ f (hatshará)
Hungarian: kimutatás (hu), kivonat (hu), számlakivonat (hu), bankszámlakivonat (hu), egyenlegértesítő
Irish: ráisteas cuntais m, ráiteas bainc f
Italian: rendiconto (it)
Japanese: 報告書 (ja) (ほうこくしょ, hōkokusho)
Maori: tauākī
Polish: wyciąg (pl) m, wypis m
Portuguese: extrato (pt) m
Romanian: bilanț (ro) n
Russian: отчёт (ru) m (otčót), бала́нс (ru) m (baláns), вы́писка (ru) f (výpiska)
Scottish Gaelic: aithisg f
Spanish: resumen (es) m
Thai: งบ (th) (ngóp), สเตตเมนต์
Turkish: ekstre (tr)

computing: instruction in a computer program

Bulgarian: кома́нда (bg) f (kománda)
Catalan: instrucció (ca) f, sentència (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 聲明／声明 (zh) (shēngmíng)
Dutch: verklaring (nl) f, instructie (nl)
Finnish: lause (fi), käsky (fi)
French: instruction (fr) f
German: Anweisung (de) f
Greek: εντολή (el) f (entolí)
Hebrew: הצהרה‎ f (hatshará)
Hungarian: utasítás (hu)
Japanese: 文 (ja) (ぶん, bun)
Korean: 문(文) (ko) (mun)
Marathi: आज्ञा f (ādnyā)
Polish: instrukcja (pl) f
Portuguese: declaração (pt) f
Romanian: instrucțiune (ro) f, instrucțiuni f pl
Russian: опера́тор (ru) n (operátor), инстру́кция (ru) n (instrúkcija)
Spanish: instrucción (es) f
Swedish: sats (sv) c, programsats c
Thai: ข้อความสั่ง

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Afrikaans: ^{(please verify)} bewering
Albanian: ^{(please verify)} thënie (sq)
Arabic: ^{(please verify)} بَيَان‎ (ar) m (bayān), ^{(please verify)} تَصْرِيح‎ m (taṣrīḥ)
Azerbaijani: ^{(please verify)} bildirmə
Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} eldiro
Estonian: ^{(please verify)} avaldus
Georgian: ^{(please verify)} ჩვენება (čveneba)
German: ^{(please verify)} Behauptung (de) f, ^{(please verify)} Erklärung (de) f
Hindi: ^{(please verify)} वर्णन (hi) (varṇan)
Icelandic: ^{(please verify)} staðhæfing (is)
Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} declaration
Italian: ^{(please verify)} dichiarazione (it) f
Korean: ^{(please verify)} 계산서(計算書) (gyesanseo)
Latvian: ^{(please verify)} paziņojums m
Lithuanian: ^{(please verify)} ataskaita f
Mongolian: ^{(please verify)} баримт бичиг (mn) (barimt bičig)
Norman: ^{(please verify)} êtat m (Jersey)
Norwegian: ^{(please verify)} påstand m, ^{(please verify)} ytring c
Persian: ^{(please verify)} بیان‎ (fa) (bayân), ^{(please verify)} گفته‎ (fa) (gofte)
Romanian: ^{(please verify)} enunț (ro)
Serbo-Croatian: ^{(please verify)} изјава f, ^{(please verify)} izjava (sh) f
Slovak: ^{(please verify)} prehľad m
Slovene: ^{(please verify)} izjava f
Spanish: ^{(please verify)} declaración (es), ^{(please verify)} afirmación (es)
Swahili: ^{(please verify)} neno (sw)
Swedish: ^{(please verify)} påstående (sv) n, ^{(please verify)} uttalande (sv) n, ^{(please verify)} konstaterande (sv) n
Tagalog: ^{(please verify)} pagsasalita, ^{(please verify)} pangungusap
Turkish: ^{(please verify)} ifade (tr)
Ukrainian: ^{(please verify)} зая́ва (zajáva), ^{(please verify)} виклад (uk) (vyklad)
Vietnamese: ^{(please verify)} sự bày tỏ
Welsh: ^{(please verify)} cyfriflen
West Frisian: ^{(please verify)} bewearing
Yiddish: ^{(please verify)} aroiszogung

Etymology 2[edit]

Back-formation from statementing or back-formation from statemented.

Verb[edit]

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

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

Anagrams[edit]

tentmates, testament