status

[Sta·tus]

If someone wants to know the status of something, they want to know what condition it's in, where it is, or how much progress it's made. You've probably checked the status of your flight to see if it's on time or delayed.

...

State; condition; position of affairs.

Noun
a state at a particular time; "a condition (or state) of disrepair"; "the current status of the arms negotiations"

Noun
the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society; "he had the status of a minor"; "the novel attained the status of a classic"; "atheists do not enjoy a favorable position in American life"


n.
State; condition; position of affairs.


Status

Sta"tus , n. [L.] State; condition; position of affairs.

State; condition; position of affairs.

...

Usage Examples

I propose that the government should get out of the business of marrying people and, instead, only give legal status to civil unions.

Americans are the only people in the world known to me whose status anxiety prompts them to advertise their college and university affiliations in the rear window of their automobiles.

I love revolutionaries who have the courage to stand up against the status quo. They're always misunderstood, but they're the ones who are standing up for human rights.

Even the striving for equality by means of a directed economy can result only in an officially enforced inequality - an authoritarian determination of the status of each individual in the new hierarchical order.

Faith in God's revelation has nothing to do with an ideology which glorifies the status quo.

Corporations often partner with government after natural disasters, as many companies did in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005. As a rule, however, long-term civic/corporate partnerships are still rare .But this need not remain the status quo, as many opportunities are available for such partnerships.

Health care is the No. 1 concern of small businesses and the status quo is untenable.

For years my wedding ring has done its job. It has led me not into temptation. It has reminded my husband numerous times at parties that it's time to go home. It has been a source of relief to a dinner companion. It has been a status symbol in the maternity ward.

Misspelled Form

status, astatus, wstatus, estatus, dstatus, xstatus, zstatus, atatus, wtatus, etatus, dtatus, xtatus, ztatus, satatus, swtatus, setatus, sdtatus, sxtatus, sztatus, srtatus, s5tatus, s6tatus, sytatus, sgtatus, sratus, s5atus, s6atus, syatus, sgatus, stratus, st5atus, st6atus, styatus, stgatus, stqatus, stwatus, stsatus, stzatus, stqtus, stwtus, ststus, stztus, staqtus, stawtus, stastus, staztus, startus, sta5tus, sta6tus, staytus, stagtus, starus, sta5us, sta6us, stayus, stagus, statrus, stat5us, stat6us, statyus, statgus, statyus, stat7us, stat8us, statius, statjus, statys, stat7s, stat8s, statis, statjs, statuys, statu7s, statu8s, statuis, statujs, statuas, statuws, statues, statuds, statuxs, statuzs, statua, statuw, statue, statud, statux, statuz, statusa, statusw, statuse, statusd, statusx, statusz.

Other Usage Examples

A significant number of pages and sentences that the administration wants to keep in a classified status have already been released publicly, some of it by public statements of the leadership of the CIA and the FBI.

Because management deals mostly with the status quo and leadership deals mostly with change, in the next century we are going to have to try to become much more skilled at creating leaders.

I grew up in the southern United States in a city which at that time during the late '40's and early '50's was the most segregated city in the country, and in a sense learning how to oppose the status quo was a question of survival.

Every year, some 65,000 high school students - many of them star students and leaders in their communities - are unable to go to college or get a good job because they have no legal status.

Human-rights advocates, for example, claim that the mistreatment of Iraqi prisoners is of a piece with President Bush's 2002 decision to deny al Qaeda and Taliban fighters the legal status of prisoners of war under the Geneva Conventions.

After all, enforced national bilingualism in this country isn't mere policy. It has attained the status of a religion. It's a dogma which one is supposed to accept without question.

Even actresses that you really admire, like Reese Witherspoon, you think, 'Another romantic comedy?' You see her in something like 'Walk the Line' and think, 'God, you're so great!' And then you think, 'Why is she doing these stupid romantic comedies?' But of course, it's for money and status.

A faction willing to take the risks of making war on the ossified status quo in the Middle East can be described as many things, but not as conservative.

I consider Bush's decision to call for a war against terrorism a serious mistake. He is elevating these criminals to the status of war enemies, and one cannot lead a war against a network if the term war is to retain any definite meaning.

Comments


Browse Dictionary