status
pronunciation
How to pronounce status in British English:
UK [ˈsteɪtəs]
How to pronounce status in American English:
US [ˈsteɪtəs , ˈstætəs]
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- Noun:
- the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society
- a state at a particular time
Word Origin
- status
- status: see state
- status (n.)
- 1670s, "height" of a situation or condition, later "legal standing of a person" (1791), from Latin status "condition, position, state, manner, attitude" from past participle stem of stare "to stand," from PIE *ste-tu-, from root *sta- "to stand" (see stet). Sense of "standing in one's society or profession" is from 1820. Status symbol first recorded 1955; status-seeker from 1956. Status-anxiety is from 1959.
Example
- 1. One concerns the status of risk managers within banks .
- 2. In 2010 he was granted refugee status in ecuador .
- 3. The company 's status shows little sign of improving .
- 4. It wants international status for jerusalem .
- 5. Now whenever you see them , they are bound to ask you about your status on those projects .