Associations to the word «Statement»

Wiktionary

STATEMENT, noun. A declaration or remark.
STATEMENT, noun. A presentation of opinion or position.
STATEMENT, noun. (finance) A document that summarizes financial activity.
STATEMENT, noun. (computing) An instruction in a computer program.
STATEMENT, verb. (transitive) To provide an official document of a proposition, especially in the UK a Statement of Special Educational Needs.
STATEMENT OF CLAIM, noun. (legal) A statement issued in civil court proceedings by a plaintiff. It sets forth the complaints against the defendants, and the prayers for relief from the court.
STATEMENT OF INTENT, noun. (legal) A formal statement that the author has a serious intention of doing something under specified conditions, and at a specified time
STATEMENT OF INTENT, noun. (informal) An indication of what a person or persons is likely to do in the near future

Dictionary definition

STATEMENT, noun. A message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc; "according to his statement he was in London on that day".
STATEMENT, noun. A fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true; "it was a strong argument that his hypothesis was true".
STATEMENT, noun. (music) the presentation of a musical theme; "the initial statement of the sonata".
STATEMENT, noun. A nonverbal message; "a Cadillac makes a statement about who you are"; "his tantrums are a statement of his need for attention".
STATEMENT, noun. The act of affirming or asserting or stating something.
STATEMENT, noun. (computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program.
STATEMENT, noun. A document showing credits and debits.

Wise words

A blow with a word strikes deeper than a blow with a sword.
Robert Burton