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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024sta•tus /ˈsteɪtəs, ˈstætəs/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]- Sociologythe position of an individual in relation to others;
standing:a job of low status. - Sociologyhigh position or standing;
prestige:a person of some status in the community. - state or condition of affairs:What is the status of the contract negotiations?
See -stat-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024sta•tus (stā′təs, stat′əs),USA pronunciation n. - Sociologythe position of an individual in relation to another or others, esp. in regard to social or professional standing.
- state or condition of affairs:Arbitration has failed to change the status of the disagreement.
- Lawthe standing of a person before the law.
adj. - conferring or believed to confer elevated status:a status car; a status job.
- Latin: the condition of standing, stature, status, equivalent. to sta- (variant stem of stāre to stand) + -tus suffix of verb, verbal action
- 1665–75
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See state.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: status /ˈsteɪtəs/ n ( pl -tuses)- 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
Etymology: 17th Century: from Latin: posture, from stāre to stand |