statement

See also: Statement

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsteɪtm(ə)nt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsteɪtmənt/

• Audio (GA)

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• Rhymes: -eɪtmənt
• Hyphenation: state‧ment

Etymology 1

From state +‎ -ment.

Noun

statement (plural statements)

1. A declaration or remark.

   make a statement

   publish a statement

   utter a statement

2. A presentation of opinion or position.
3. (finance) A document that summarizes financial activity.

   a bank statement

4. (computing) An instruction in a computer program, especially one that returns no value, as opposed to a function call.
   • 1981, Thomas C. Bartee, BASIC computer programming, page 110:

     In this section we will examine BASIC's primary statement for repeating a string of statements under program control: the FOR statement. Another statement, the NEXT statement, is always used with a FOR statement.

   • 1989, M. K. Roy, Debabrata Ghosh Dastidar, COBOL Programming, page 174:

     However, it is the responsibility of the programmer to ensure that the control ultimately reaches the last statement of the range.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:statement

Derived terms

Terms derived from statement

• account statement
• bank statement
• blanket statement
• counter statement
• environmental impact statement
• e-statement
• fashion statement
• financial statement
• impact statement
• income statement
• make a statement
• mission statement
• motherhood statement
• normative statement
• opening statement
• positive statement
• prepared statement
• problem statement
• purpose statement
• reflexive statement
• Sherman statement
• singular existential statement
• singular statement
• statemental
• statement of accounts
• statement of affairs
• statement of claim
• statement of intent
• thesis statement
• upside-down income statement
• value statement
• victim impact statement
• vision statement
• written statement of employment

 

Translations

declaration or remark

• Arabic: تَصْرِيح m (taṣrīḥ)
• Belarusian: зая́ва f (zajáva), сцвярджэ́нне n (scvjardžénnje)
• Bengali: বয়ান (bn) (boẏan)
• Bulgarian: твърде́ние (bg) n (tvǎrdénie), изявле́ние (bg) n (izjavlénie)
• Catalan: declaració (ca) f
• Cebuano: pahayag, saysay
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 聲明／声明 (zh) (shēngmíng), 陳述／陈述 (zh) (chénshù)

• Czech: výrok (cs) m, tvrzení (cs) n
• Danish: udsagn (da) n
• Dutch: verklaring (nl) f, bemerking (nl) f, opmerking (nl) f
• Estonian: väide
• Faroese: frágreiðing f
• Finnish: toteamus
• French: déclaration (fr) f
• Georgian: განცხადება (gancxadeba)
• German: Aussage (de) f, Angabe (de) f, Erklärung (de) f
• Greek: δήλωση (el) f (dílosi)
• Hebrew: הַצְהָרָה f (hatshará), קביעה f (kviá)
• Hindi: कथन (hi) m (kathan)
• Hungarian: kijelentés (hu), állítás (hu)
• Indonesian: pernyataan (id)
• Irish: ráiteas m
• Italian: dichiarazione (it)
• Japanese: 声明 (ja) (せいめい, seimei), 陳述 (ja) (ちんじゅつ, chinjutsu)
• Kapampangan: agkas, igkas, keyigkasan, keyagkasan, inamanu, sambitla
• Korean: 성명(聲明) (ko) (seongmyeong), 진술(陳述) (ko) (jinsul)
• Macedonian: изјава f (izjava)
• Malay: kenyataan (ms), penyata
• Malayalam: പ്രസ്താവന (ml) (prastāvana)
• Maori: tauākī, tātaku, taukī
• Marathi: विधान n (vidhān)
• Mirandese: afirmaçon f
• Navajo: chʼíhootʼánígíí
• Papiamentu: deklarashon
• Polish: stwierdzenie (pl) n, twierdzenie (pl) n
• Portuguese: declaração (pt), afirmação (pt) f
• Romanian: declarație (ro) f, remarcă (ro) f
• Russian: заявле́ние (ru) n (zajavlénije), утвержде́ние (ru) n (utverždénije)
• Scottish Gaelic: ràdh (gd) m
• Slovak: výrok m, tvrdenie n
• Spanish: declaración (es) f
• Tagalog: pahayag, ulat (tl)
• Thai: แถลงการณ์ (th) (tà-lɛ̌ɛng-gaan), คำแถลง, ถ้อยแถลง (th)
• Turkish: açıklama (tr), bildirge (tr), demeç (tr), beyanat (tr)
• Ukrainian: зая́ва f (zajáva), тве́рдження n (tvérdžennja), ре́чення (uk) n (réčennja)
• Uyghur: اخبارات (axbarat), بايانات (bayanat)
• Yiddish: דערקלערונג f (derklerung)

presentation of opinion or position

• Bulgarian: изложе́ние (bg) n (izložénie)
• Catalan: declaració (ca) f
• Cebuano: tanyag
• Czech: výrok (cs) m
• Danish: meningstilkendegivelse c
• Dutch: verklaring (nl) f, stellingname (nl) f
• Faroese: frágreiðing f
• Finnish: lausunto (fi), kannanotto (fi), julkilausuma (fi)
• French: déclaration (fr) f
• German: Stellungnahme (de) f, Bekundung (de) f, Erklärung (de) f
• Greek: δήλωση (el) f (dílosi)
• Hebrew: טַעֲנָה f (ta'aná)
• Hungarian: bejelentés (hu), nyilatkozat (hu), közlemény (hu)
• Irish: ráiteas m
• Malayalam: പ്രസ്താവന (ml) (prastāvana)
• Maori: tauaki, tātaku
• Plautdietsch: Berecht m
• Polish: oświadczenie (pl) n
• Portuguese: declaração (pt) f, afirmação (pt) f
• Romanian: declarație (ro) f
• Russian: изложе́ние (ru) n (izložénije), формулиро́вка (ru) f (formuliróvka)
• Sanskrit: वाद (sa) m (vāda)
• Scottish Gaelic: ràdh (gd) m
• Spanish: declaración (es) f
• Swedish: uttryck (sv)
• Tagalog: deklarasyon (tl)
• Turkish: açıklama (tr), bildiri (tr), deklarasyon (tr)
• Yiddish: דערקלערונג f (derklerung)

finance: document that summarizes financial activity

• Bulgarian: отче́т (bg) m (otčét)
• Catalan: extracte m
• Cebuano: ihap, kwenta, balansi
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 財務報告／财务报告 (cáiwù bàogào), 銀行結單／银行结单 (yínháng jiédān) (bank statement)

• Czech: výpis (cs) m
• Dutch: uittreksel (nl) n
• Esperanto: etato
• Finnish: tiliote (fi)
• French: relevé (fr) m
• German: Auszug (de) m, Kontoauszug (de) m
• Hebrew: הַצְהָרָה f (hatshará)
• Hungarian: kimutatás (hu), kivonat (hu), számlakivonat (hu), bankszámlakivonat (hu), egyenlegértesítő
• Irish: ráisteas cuntais m, ráiteas bainc f
• Italian: rendiconto (it)
• Japanese: 報告書 (ja) (ほうこくしょ, hōkokusho)
• Maori: tauākī
• Polish: wyciąg (pl) m, wypis m
• Portuguese: extrato (pt) m
• Romanian: bilanț (ro) n
• Russian: отчёт (ru) m (otčót), бала́нс (ru) m (baláns), вы́писка (ru) f (výpiska)
• Scottish Gaelic: aithisg f
• Spanish: resumen (es) m
• Thai: งบ (th) (ngóp), สเตตเมนต์
• Turkish: ekstre (tr)

computing: instruction in a computer program

• Bulgarian: кома́нда (bg) f (kománda)
• Catalan: instrucció (ca) f, sentència (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 聲明／声明 (zh) (shēngmíng)

• Dutch: verklaring (nl) f, instructie (nl)
• Finnish: lause (fi), käsky (fi)
• French: instruction (fr) f
• German: Anweisung (de) f
• Greek: εντολή (el) f (entolí)
• Hebrew: הצהרה f (hatshará)
• Hungarian: utasítás (hu)
• Japanese: 文 (ja) (ぶん, bun)
• Korean: 문(文) (ko) (mun)
• Marathi: आज्ञा f (ājñā)
• Polish: instrukcja (pl) f
• Portuguese: declaração (pt) f
• Romanian: instrucțiune (ro) f, instrucțiuni f pl
• Russian: опера́тор (ru) n (operátor), инстру́кция (ru) n (instrúkcija)
• Spanish: instrucción (es) f
• Swedish: sats (sv) c, programsats c
• Thai: ข้อความสั่ง

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Afrikaans: ^{(please verify)} bewering
• Albanian: ^{(please verify)} thënie (sq)
• Arabic: ^{(please verify)} بَيَان (ar) m (bayān), ^{(please verify)} تَصْرِيح m (taṣrīḥ)
• Azerbaijani: ^{(please verify)} bildirmə
• Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} eldiro
• Estonian: ^{(please verify)} avaldus
• Georgian: ^{(please verify)} ჩვენება (čveneba)
• German: ^{(please verify)} Behauptung (de) f, ^{(please verify)} Erklärung (de) f
• Hindi: ^{(please verify)} वर्णन (hi) (varṇan)
• Icelandic: ^{(please verify)} staðhæfing (is)
• Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} declaration
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} dichiarazione (it) f
• Korean: ^{(please verify)} 계산서(計算書) (gyesanseo)
• Latvian: ^{(please verify)} paziņojums m
• Lithuanian: ^{(please verify)} ataskaita f
• Mongolian: ^{(please verify)} баримт бичиг (mn) (barimt bičig)
• Norman: ^{(please verify)} êtat m (Jersey)
• Norwegian: ^{(please verify)} påstand m, ^{(please verify)} ytring c
• Persian: ^{(please verify)} بیان (fa) (bayân), ^{(please verify)} گفته (fa) (gofte)
• Romanian: ^{(please verify)} enunț (ro)
• Serbo-Croatian: ^{(please verify)} изјава f, ^{(please verify)} izjava (sh) f
• Slovak: ^{(please verify)} prehľad m
• Slovene: ^{(please verify)} izjava f
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} declaración (es), ^{(please verify)} afirmación (es)
• Swahili: ^{(please verify)} neno (sw)
• Swedish: ^{(please verify)} påstående (sv) n, ^{(please verify)} uttalande (sv) n, ^{(please verify)} konstaterande (sv) n
• Tagalog: ^{(please verify)} pagsasalita, ^{(please verify)} pangungusap
• Turkish: ^{(please verify)} ifade (tr)
• Ukrainian: ^{(please verify)} зая́ва (zajáva), ^{(please verify)} виклад (uk) (vyklad)
• Vietnamese: ^{(please verify)} sự bày tỏ
• Welsh: ^{(please verify)} cyfriflen
• West Frisian: ^{(please verify)} bewearing
• Yiddish: ^{(please verify)} aroiszogung

Adjective

statement (not comparable)

1. Decisive.
   • 2023 October 8, Phil McNulty, “Arsenal 1-0 Manchester City”, in BBC Sport‎^[1]:

     Gabriel Martinelli scored a dramatic late winner as Arsenal earned a statement victory over defending Premier League champions Manchester City at Emirates Stadium.

Etymology 2

Back-formation from statementing or back-formation from statemented.

Verb

statement (third-person singular simple present statements, present participle statementing, simple past and past participle statemented)

1. (transitive) To provide an official document of a proposition, especially in the UK a Statement of Special Educational Needs.

See also

• Special education in England on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Further reading

• “statement”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “statement”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• tentmates, testament