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status
/ˈsteɪt.əs/
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What does status mean?
noun
- A person’s condition, position or standing relative to that of others.
- Prestige or high standing.
- A situation or state of affairs.
More meanings (4)
noun
- The legal condition of a person or thing.
- The state (of a Canadian First Nations person) of being registered under the Indian Act.
- 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.
- Short for status epilepticus or status asthmaticus.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈsteɪt.əs/
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Under the DOP, final status negotiations are to begin no later than the beginning of the third year of the transitional period.
The literature cited in them is mostly range literature, although precious little in all the songs rises to the status of poetry.
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The capacity for evil is a seduction to its performance, as Alfieri says somewhere, and this idea clarifies the status of inclination.
It is the desire for stability of affection, for a sympathetic beloved, an outlet for emotion, a longing for respectable unitary status.
This has to be borne in mind in connection with the present mental status of man, particularly in his outlook upon nature.