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status
[stey-tuhs, stat-uhs]
noun
the position of an individual in relation to another or others, especially in regard to social or professional standing.
Women in India have a lower status than men and therefore less control over money.
high social or professional standing; prestige.
The Wilsons have status in the community because of their charitable work.
state or condition of affairs.
Arbitration has failed to change the status of the disagreement.
Law.the standing of a person before the law.
Those students can receive the same tax breaks as citizens, regardless of their status as immigrants.
Digital Technology.a short post on a social networking website or messaging application that gives information about the user’s present situation, activities, thoughts, etc..
I changed my Facebook status from married to single.
adjective
conferring or believed to confer elevated status.
a status car; a status job.
status
/ ˈٱɪə /
noun
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
status
The relative position of an individual within a group, or of a group within a society.
Other Word Forms
- nonstatus adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of status1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
She and her husband got into an argument about his immigration status, she said.
Federal laws forbid references to the patient’s mental health, substance use, developmental disability or HIV status.
And she is a recipient of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, the 2012 policy that provides protection from deportation to immigrants without lawful status who came to the U.S. as children.
Opponents of the sweeps say many immigrants whose only legal violations are their immigration statuses are being swept up.
Ray’s ex-wife has legal status, and all three of their children were born here and are U.S. citizens.
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When To Use
The plural form of status is statuses (not stati). Even though status is derived from Latin, it isn’t pluralized by replacing the -us ending with -i, as is done in many other Latin-derived words ending in -us, such as cactus/cacti and fungus/fungi. Most words ending in -s, -ss, -ch, -sh, -x, and -o follow the conventional pluralization pattern of simply adding -es. However, several other words that end in -us are pluralized in the same way as status, including surplus/surpluses and census/censuses. Do you know: is the plural of radius?
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