Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Position relative to that of others; standing.
- noun High standing; prestige.
- noun Law The legal character or condition of a person or thing.
- noun The state of affairs; the situation: synonym: state.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Standing or position as regards rank or condition.
- noun Position of affairs.
- noun In law, the standing of a person before the law in the class of persons indicated by his or her legal qualities; the relation fixed by law in which a person stands toward others or the state.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun State; condition; position of affairs.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A person’s
condition ,position orstanding relative to that of others. - noun
Prestige or high standing. - noun A
situation orstate of affairs . - noun law The
legal condition of a person or thing.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society
- noun a state at a particular time
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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-- _Social status the measure of financial status_.
The Fertility of the Unfit Rutherford Waddell 1900
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He never troubled himself about his status; indeed, we would say _status_ was not the word for him.
Spare Hours John Brown 1846
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For example ... (select statusID from STATUS_TBL where status = @status).
ASP.NET Forums jmiaebrown 2010
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Sysdatabases. status and sysdatabases. status2 Bit of Sysdatabases in SQLServer declare @status int; declare @status2 int;
MSDN Blogs 2009
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Set @status = '65544' -- Replace your DB status here set @status2 = '1090520064' -- Replace your DB status2 here
MSDN Blogs 2009
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DriveGet, status, statusCD, \% drive2\% if status = open msgbox, Drive \% drive2\% is \% status\% or not ready return if TRACK =
AutoHotkey Community 2008
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The whole PhD/postdoc change in status is a bit of a rip off, but I must ask:
maternity leave - my experiences so far and a call to help ScienceWoman 2007
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The solution to Quebec's uncertain status is not more concessions, Canada has made quite enough of those, but an enhanced level of Canadian political leadership and governance.
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As time goes on his status is arguably portrayed as even more liminal because he is the only non-empowered member of the Scooby Gang, doesn't feel he quite belongs amongst the slayers and witches and vampires and ex-demons -- but of course can't go back to the mundane ignorance of the seams that permeate the world.
Notes on Strange Fiction: Seams Hal Duncan 2008
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As time goes on his status is arguably portrayed as even more liminal because he is the only non-empowered member of the Scooby Gang, doesn't feel he quite belongs amongst the slayers and witches and vampires and ex-demons -- but of course can't go back to the mundane ignorance of the seams that permeate the world.
Archive 2008-08-01 Hal Duncan 2008
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July 23, 2009