statement
a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,765 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 6,008 times across 139,755 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc according to his statement he was in London on that day
- a fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true also: argument it was a strong argument that his hypothesis was true
- (music) the presentation of a musical theme the initial statement of the sonata
- a nonverbal message a Cadillac makes a statement about who you arehis tantrums are a statement of his need for attention
- the act of affirming or asserting or stating something also: affirmation, assertion
- (computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program also: instruction, command, program line
statement in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Nothing is farther from the truth than that statement.
The Red Record Tabulated Statistics · Ida B. Wells-Barnett · Chapter 1
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A long silence followed this bald statement of the case.
The great amulet · Maud Diver · Chapter 1
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He always added that "my dear" to any statement when he wished to be thoroughly sarcastic.
The Bad Man: A Novel · Charles Hanson Towne · Chapter 1
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Rises slowly, solemnly, to full height; in deep base tones, asks permission to make personal statement.
Punch — Volume 99, August 16, 1890 · Various · Chapter 1
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A certain swagger and richness of deportment were explained by his statement that he had been on the stage.
Admiral Peters Odd Craft, Part 14. · W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs · Chapter 1