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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

STATEMENT, n.
1. The act of stating, reciting or presenting verbally or on paper.
2. A series of facts or particulars expressed on paper; as a written statement.
3. A series of facts verbally recited; recital of the circumstances of a transaction; as a verbal statement.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: 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"
2: a fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true; "it was a strong argument that his hypothesis was true" [syn: argument, statement]
3: (music) the presentation of a musical theme; "the initial statement of the sonata"
4: a nonverbal message; "a Cadillac makes a statement about who you are"; "his tantrums are a statement of his need for attention"
5: the act of affirming or asserting or stating something [syn: affirmation, assertion, statement]
6: (computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program [syn: instruction, command, statement, program line]
7: a document showing credits and debits [syn: statement, financial statement]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1702 1. something stated: as a. a single declaration or remark ; assertion b. a report of facts or opinions 2. the act or process of stating or presenting orally or on paper 3. proposition 2a 4. the presentation of a theme in a musical composition 5. a summary of activity in a financial account over a particular period of time 6. an opinion, comment, or message conveyed indirectly usually by nonverbal means <monuments are statements in form and space — O. B. Hardison, Jr.> 7. an instruction in a computer program

NOAA Weather Glossary

Provides the public with information concerning the status of existingwarnings.

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 the act or an instance of stating or being stated; expression in words. 2 a thing stated; a declaration (that statement is unfounded). 3 a formal account of facts, esp. to the police or in a court of law (make a statement). 4 a record of transactions in a bank account etc. 5 a formal notification of the amount due to a tradesman etc.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Statement State"ment, n. 1. The act of stating, reciting, or presenting, orally or in paper; as, to interrupt a speaker in the statement of his case. 2. That which is stated; a formal embodiment in language of facts or opinions; a narrative; a recital. ``Admirable perspicuity of statement!'' --Brougham.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(statements) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. A statement is something that you say or write which gives information in a formal or definite way. 'Things are moving ahead.'– I found that statement vague and unclear. N-COUNT 2. A statement is an official or formal announcement that is issued on a particular occasion. The statement by the military denied any involvement in last night's attack. N-COUNT 3. You can refer to the official account of events which a suspect or a witness gives to the police as a statement. The 350-page report was based on statements from witnesses to the events. N-COUNT 4. If you describe an action or thing as a statement, you mean that it clearly expresses a particular opinion or idea that you have. The following recipe is a statement of another kind–food is fun! N-COUNT 5. A printed document showing how much money has been paid into and taken out of a bank or building society account is called a statement. N-COUNT

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Specification, mention, announcement, report, account, recital, relation, narration, narrative, description.

Moby Thesaurus

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