statement
statement Lexical Profile
statement Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A definite or clear expression of something in speech or writing.
"The mayor issued an official statement addressing the new public transit plan."
An official document setting out items of debit and credit between a bank or other organization and a customer.
"She reviewed her monthly bank statement carefully to track her household expenses."
A formal account of facts or events given to the police or presented in a court of law.
"Two witnesses volunteered to give a formal statement to the investigators."
A single instruction or syntactic unit in a computer program that specifies an action to be carried out.
"The programmer added a conditional statement to validate the user's input before saving."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Coined in the late 18th century from the verb 'state' and the noun-forming suffix '-ment'. The verb ultimately derives from the Latin 'status', meaning a condition, position, or standing.