statusnoun
uk/ˈsteɪ.təs/us/ˈsteɪ.t̬əs/status noun (OFFICIAL POSITION)
C1 [ C or U ] an accepted or official position, especially in a social group:
The association works to promote the status of retired people as useful members of the community.
There has been an increase in applications for refugee status.
The success of her book has given her unexpected celebrity status.
Applicants should have a degree or a qualification of equal status.
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- Few would dispute his status as the finest artist of the period.
- They want to elevate the status of teachers.
- It's a very hierarchical organization in which everyone's status is clearly defined.
- John Lennon gained iconic status following his death.
- The school has charitable status.
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Organizations - position & status
- a rung on/of the ladder idiom
- apparatchik
- associate
- back seat
- be a big fish in a small pond idiom
- betters 2
- brethren
- comrade
- echelon
- entry level
- entry-level
- equal
- fellow
- founder
- low-level
- position
- role
- senior
- standing
- subordinate
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status noun (RESPECT)
the amount of respect, admiration, or importance given to a person, organization, or object:
high/low status
As the daughter of the president, she enjoys high status among her peers.
The leaders were often more concerned with status and privilege than with the problems of the people.
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Importance - general words
- cornerstone
- focus
- grand
- gravitas
- importance
- magnitude
- meaningful
- momentous
- proportion
- seniority
- seriousness
- significance
- simple
- substance
- substantial
- supremacy
- transcendent
- value
- weight
- worth
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Quality and standard
status noun (SOCIAL MEDIA)
[ C ] on a social media website, especially Facebook™, a piece of information that you publish about yourself telling people what you are doing, thinking, etc. at a particular time