statement meaning: definition, etymology and quotations

statement

noun

UK /ˈsteɪtm(ə)nt/ · US /ˈsteɪtmənt/

Etymology From state + -ment.

A declaration or remark.

make a statement
publish a statement

1 more example

utter a statement

A presentation of opinion or position.

Business, Finance A document that summarizes financial activity.

a bank statement

Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences An instruction in a computer program, especially one that returns no value, as opposed to a function call.

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.1981, Thomas C. Bartee, BASIC computer programming, page 110:
However, it is the responsibility of the programmer to ensure that the control ultimately reaches the last statement of the range.1989, M. K. Roy, Debabrata Ghosh Dastidar, COBOL Programming, page 174:

Synonyms: declaration, expression, remark, statement
Derived terms: 54 terms
account statement, bank statement, blanket statement, costatement, counter statement, counterstatement, diversity statement, doorknob statement, environmental impact statement, e-statement, fashion statement, financial statement, forestatement, if-then statement, impact statement, income statement, make a statement, metastatement, microstatement, mission statement, misstatement, motherhood statement, multistatement, nonstatement, normative statement, opening statement, overstatement, P&L statement, positive statement, prepared statement, problem statement, profit and loss statement, proxy statement, pseudostatement, purpose statement, restatement, scissor statement, Sherman statement, singular existential statement, singular statement, statemental, statement light, statement of accounts, statement of affairs, statement of claim, statement of intent, substatement, thesis statement, understatement, upside-down income statement, value statement, victim impact statement, vision statement, written statement of employment
Related terms: true, false, general, specific, public, private, clear, first, last, official, brief, formal, bold, full, detailed, simple, prepared
Hypernyms: talk, writing
Hyponyms: affirmation, allegation, argument, assertion, avowal, axiom, claim, comment, corollary, lemma, nonsense, notice, note, observation, postulate, proclamation, protestation, supposition, theorem, saying, slander
Meronyms: word

statement

adj

Etymology From state + -ment.

Decisive.

Gabriel Martinelli scored a dramatic late winner as Arsenal earned a statement victory over defending Premier League champions Manchester City at Emirates Stadium.2023 October 8, Phil McNulty, “Arsenal 1-0 Manchester City”, in BBC Sport:

statement

verb

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

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