status

noun

Etymology: A learned borrowing from Latin status. A doublet of state and estate.

1. A person’s condition, position or standing relative to that of others.

   “Superstition is highly correlated with economic status.”

   “This time, there’s no great discrepancy in status; both fiancés are part of the urban, white-collar middle class.”

2. Prestige or high standing.

   “The king has status in his kingdom, and the pauper has status within his immediate group of peers.”

   “It is no secret that the military was a bastion of racism and sexism keeping blacks and women in the housekeeping and other non-status jobs.”

3. A situation or state of affairs.

   “Near-synonym: footing”

   “What's the status of the investigation?”

4. The legal condition of a person or thing.
5. The legal condition of a person or thing.

   “He is a status Indian.”

6. A function of some instant messaging applications, whereby a user may post a message that appears automatically to other users, if they attempt to make contact.

   “I'm just about to update my status to "busy".”

   “I read your status last night / You posted that someone else was holding you tight”

7. Short for status epilepticus or status asthmaticus.