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status
[ stey-tuhs, stat-uhs ]
noun
- the position of an individual in relation to another or others, especially in regard to social or professional standing:
Women in India have a lower status than men and therefore less control over money.
- high social or professional standing; prestige:
The Wilsons have status in the community because of their charitable work.
- state or condition of affairs:
Arbitration has failed to change the status of the disagreement.
- Law. the standing of a person before the law:
Those students can receive the same tax breaks as citizens, regardless of their status as immigrants.
- Digital Technology. a short post on a social networking website or messaging application that gives information about the user’s present situation, activities, thoughts, etc.:
I changed my Facebook status from married to single.
adjective
- conferring or believed to confer elevated status:
a status car; a status job.
status
/ ˈsteɪtəs /
noun
- a social or professional position, condition, or standing to which varying degrees of responsibility, privilege, and esteem are attached
- the relative position or standing of a person or thing
- a high position or standing; prestige
he has acquired a new status since he has been in that job
- the legal standing or condition of a person
- a state of affairs
status
- The relative position of an individual within a group, or of a group within a society.
Notes
Other Words From
- non·status adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of status1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
The IRS has debuted a new online tool to help taxpayers check the status of any refund they may be entitled to.
Living in the U.S. without lawful status is a civil offense, not a crime.
An accreditation is a recognition by a government of a diplomat's status.
Paul clings to his old status — it puffs him up.
It doesn’t provide a pathway to legal status, but Marsh said such a component could potentially be added in upcoming negotiations.
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What Is The Plural Of Status?
Plural word for status
The plural form of status is statuses (not stati). Even though status is derived from Latin, it isn’t pluralized by replacing the -us ending with -i, as is done in many other Latin-derived words ending in -us, such as cactus/cacti and fungus/fungi.
Most words ending in -s, -ss, -ch, -sh, -x, and –o follow the conventional pluralization pattern of simply adding -es. However, several other words that end in -us are pluralized in the same way as status, including surplus/surpluses and census/censuses.
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