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Vinony

statement

noun

  1. the making of a declaration
  2. unit of information in the Wikibase data model, e. g. on Wikidata
  3. element in programming language
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈsteɪtm(ə)nt/ / /ˈsteɪtmənt/

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Italic *status Latin statuslbor. Old French estatbor. Middle English stat English state Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English statement From state + -ment.

  1. Decisive.

    “Gabriel Martinelli scored a dramatic late winner as Arsenal earned a statement victory over defending Premier League champions Manchester City at Emirates Stadium.”

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Italic *status Latin statuslbor. Old French estatbor. Middle English stat English state Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English statement From state + -ment.

  1. A declaration or remark.

    “make a statement”

    “publish a statement”

  2. A presentation of opinion or position.
  3. A document that summarizes financial activity.

    “a bank statement”

  4. 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.”

    “However, it is the responsibility of the programmer to ensure that the control ultimately reaches the last statement of the range.”

verb

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

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