often attributive
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: position or rank in relation to others
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: relative rank in a hierarchy of prestige
especially
: high prestige
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: the condition of a person or thing in the eyes of the law
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: state or condition with respect to circumstances
the status of the negotiations
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Example Sentences
They want to maintain the city’s status as a major tourist attraction.
He wants to improve his status in the community.
people of different social and economic statuses
She married a man of status and wealth.
This job brings with it a measure of status.
They sought asylum and were given refugee status by the government.
They are still considered refugees. Their statuses have not changed.
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Recent Examples on the Web
The company’s first commissions were the Mira Hotel in Hong Kong and the MGM Grand in Macau, both massive, status projects.
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Damon Johnstun, oregonlive, 10 Apr. 2023
Credited as the brains behind not just Mario, but Zelda, Star Fox, Pikmin and more, Miyamoto has been the creative and philosophical force driving Nintendo for decades, having reached a level of icon status in the games industry few can rival.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 9 Apr. 2023
Check our status page for details.
—The Verge, 9 Apr. 2023
Undocumented immigrants and students who have DACA status or Temporary Protected Status will not need to complete the FAFSA to be eligible for the program.
—Zoe Sottile, CNN, 9 Apr. 2023
The charts and graphs describe some battlefield status of both sides from a month ago, U.S. military movements during the previous 24 hours, personnel numbers and the local weather outlook.
—Lolita C. Baldor, ajc, 8 Apr. 2023
Depeche Mode’s elder-statesmen status at the format has certainly not deterred programmers from playing the new song.
—Kevin Rutherford, Billboard, 7 Apr. 2023
What’s your current relationship status?
—Katcy Stephan, Variety, 7 Apr. 2023
Kiyona Carswell and Alison Wynn’s relationship status remained casual for years until a series of coincidences, accidental run-ins, and a precognitive vision brought them closer together.
—Tiana Randall, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2023
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Word History
Etymology
Latin — more at state
First Known Use
1767, in the meaning defined at sense 2
Time Traveler
The first known use of status was
in 1767
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Such a general type-label makes no distinction among the textual and ontological statuses of what might be radically different fictional entities.
Positions and statuses are held in abeyance until the following season until they can be redefined and re-established.
Parameters are estimated describing latent statuses and their evolution over time and the model’s fit to data can be tested.
According to the serial results, we hypothesize there may be two statuses of tissue perfusion: homogenous hypoperfusion or scattered ischemia.
A re-survey of the same sections and lineages c. 2000, during a full agricultural cycle, shows a significant improvement in nutritional statuses, notably for women.
Policymakers in many countries are grappling with whether and how to regulate different statuses in different ways.
The customers within the store were surprisingly all different, various races and seemingly socio-economic statuses.
Metaphors do not poverty make, but through cultural discourse practices are valorized, options legitimated and statuses lent prestige or disparagement.
The different statuses of the languages can be illustrated in different ways.
The distribution of forms across statuses that meet necessary conditions for their use is not random, however.
Thus, the report recommends discontinuing the use of waiting time as an allocation criterion for liver transplant candidates in certain statuses.
Significant differences between genotypes and between infection statuses were found in some of the measurements.
By bringing people in conflict together, arbitrators of all statuses helped to establish their own prominence.
The interrelationship between substance use and precocious transitions to adult statuses.
The ‘ is entailed by ‘ part obviously doesn’t belong here, as it would render the statuses equivalent.
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Meaning Status
What does Status mean? Here you find 69 meanings of the word Status. You can also add a definition of Status yourself
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0 The state of a record or activity. For example, a case can be Active or Resolved, and an email activity can have a status of Draft or Sent. Status is also used by workflow rules to determine when to m [..]
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0 StatusUsed as in current status- how an account is currently being paid, either paid on time or paid late.
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0 StatusSee Recruitment Status.
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0 StatusAn idea's status helps zone members track the progress of the idea. For example, “Under Review”, “Reviewed”, “Coming Soon”, and “Now Available” are common status values an administrator can define and assign to ideas. An idea's status appears next to the idea's title for all zone members to see.
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0 Status1[uncountable, countable] the legal position of a person, group, or country They were granted refugee status. The party was denied legal status.2[uncountable, countable, usually singular] the social o [..]
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0 Status1670s, «height» of a situation or condition, later «legal standing of a person» (1791), from Latin status «condition, position, state, manner, attitude» from past partici [..]
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0 StatusThe positioning of an individual within a group, organization, or society.
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0 StatusA brief digest describing a bill or resolution, along with a history of what actions have been taken on the bill or resolution.
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0 StatusOn the credit report, this indicates the current status or state of the account.
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0 Statusposition of something in relation to related things.
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0 StatusThe comparison of actual progress against the plan to determine variance and corrective action. [D04243]
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0 StatusUnder immigration law, the name of the visa category a person has been assigned and the group of privileges received upon becoming either a permanent resident or a nonimmigrant (temporary visa holder) [..]
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0 Statusthe relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society; "he had the status of a minor"; "the novel attained the status of a classic&a [..]
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0 StatusThe legal standing of a patent or patent application, i.e. whether it is pending, lapsed or still protected etc.
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0 StatusA social position within a society. The term can also refer to the social honor or prestige which a particular individual or group is accorded by other members of a society.
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0 StatusStatus is a scale of social standing that is often realized in differing socially deictic linguistic forms.
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0 Statusthe state or position of a person or a group.
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0 StatusSee: borrower status, circulation status, and loan status.
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0 Statusstatus (pop)
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0 Status[Latin, mode or condition of being, from stare to stand] 1 a : the condition of a person or a thing in the eyes of the law b : position or rank in relation to others 2 : a state of affairs [the of …
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0 StatusThe classification given to a memo in ARC Memo Manager (AMM), such as «Open» and «Agent Action Required»./td>
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0 StatusInformation concerning the state or location of a defined item.
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0 StatusAllows Principal Investigators to review the current status of all their grant applications and review detailed information associated with their grants. Institution Officials [i.e., Signing Official [..]
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0 StatusA socially defined position in society that carries with it certain prescribed rights, obligations, and expected behaviors.
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0 StatusField on requisition screen. Status of the requisition. Use * if entering a requisition. Used by Purchasing to track status of a requisition. Possible status codes are as follows: C = Cancelled, M = Maintenance Order, O = Order Print Ready, Q = Quotation requested, R = Referred to financial unit, T = Transferred. When ready to be an order, the stat [..]
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0 StatusShows whether course has seats available or is full. Use the status box to filter your search in the section search area by selecting "has seats available" in the drop-down menu. Ple [..]
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0 StatusThe following codes can be found under the status column: Status Codes: Blocked — see your department to register. Students typically require a special skill or proficiency in order to register in thi [..]
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0 Status(n) the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society(n) a state at a particular time
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0 Status(in BTS) The state of a bug: – Open – Closed – Re-open Related article: Bug Status in Bug Tracking System.
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0 StatusStatus of alarm panel: activated ("armed"), deactivated ("disarmed").
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0 StatusYour control panel will show a status of armed or disarmed.
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0 Statusn. situación, estado
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0 StatusSee Credit.
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0 StatusAn indicator of how well a system or subsystem is working
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0 StatusThe amount of prestige or social importance a person has in the eyes of other members of a group or society.
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0 StatusThe status of an account could be the following: Active – account is on and active at the premise Final – service is inactive with an outstanding balance on the account
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0 Statusthe state of nutrition of an individual with respect to a specific nutrient. Diminished or low status indicates inadequate supply or stores of a specific nutrient for optimal physiological functioning [..]
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0 StatusOnce nonimmigrants enter the U.S., they are classified by the immigrations inspectors according to the visa used to enter. If you use an F-1 visa to enter the U.S., you will be grated F-1 status.
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0 StatusClassification and specific duration of time in which a nonimmigrant may stay in the United States after admission.
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0 StatusWhen an alien holding a valid U.S. visa arrives at a U.S. port, the alien will be inspected by the USCIS. If entry is permitted, USCIS will authorize the alien’s stay in the U.S. by giving either im [..]
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0 StatusTo follow the requirements of the visa status and comply with any limitations on duration of stay. Mala
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0 StatusPermission to enter and/or remain in the United States and extensions of stay in this country are granted by the Citizenship and Immigration Services Bureau (CIS). Upon entering the United States, the CIS Office at the port of entry will place a small white card, Form I-94, in the passport or laisser-passer of the person admitted. On this card the [..]
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0 StatusOften confused by laypeople with a “visa”, a status is the description of foreign national (or “alien”) issued by the USCIS inspector upon entering the U.S. The I-94 card (green or white) desc [..]
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0 StatusEducational attainment or level of Education of individuals.
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0 StatusThe level of Health of the individual, group, or Population as subjectively assessed by the individual or by more objective measures.
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0 StatusGenerally refers to the amount of protection available and the kind of loss which would be paid for under an Insurance Contract with an Insurer. (Slee & Slee, Health Care Terms, 2d ed)
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0 StatusA performance measure for rating the ability of a Person to perform usual activities, evaluating a Patient’s progress after a Therapeutic procedure, and determining a Patient’s suitability f [..]
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0 StatusA demographic parameter indicating a Person’s status with respect to Marriage, Divorce, Widowhood, singleness, etc.
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0 StatusState of the body in relation to the consumption and utilization of nutrients.
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0 Statusfeeling that one is not getting appropriate respect can raise the intensity. Conversely, receiving attention that does not seem warranted is equally distressing.
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0 StatusSee work package status.
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0 StatusThe value returned to the parent process when one of its child processes dies. This value is placed in the special variable $?. Its upper eight bits are the exit status of the defunct process, and its lower eight bits identify the signal (if any) that the process died from. On Unix systems, this status value is the same as the status word returned [..]
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0 StatusNon-delinquent offenses; an offense that is illegal for underage persons, but not for adults. For instance, curfew violations, being “incorrigible” (beyond the control of parents, guardians, or cu [..]
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0 StatusThe value
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0 StatusSee Effects. Usually referring to the condition a character is in due to effects.
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0 StatusRequest for an individual’s tactical situation; response is normally "offensive," "defensive," or "neutral" with number of targets. May be su [..]
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0 StatusRequest for an individual’s tactical situation; response is normally "offensive," "defensive," or "neutral" with number of targets. May be su [..]
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0 StatusAn indicator of how well a system or subsystem is working
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0 StatusA transaction’s position or standing. A transaction can be ra ted a success, a failure, or a pending transaction. See also successful transaction, failed transaction, and pending transaction
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0 StatusThe standing of a lease, unit or well.
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0 Status1. In the campaign interface, green means the campaign contains at least one active line item, and grey means the campaign contains only deactived line items 2. In the creatives tab, green means approved and can run, clock means pending approval, and red means not approved 3. In the line items tab, green means the line item is active and servin [..]
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0 StatusAvailability of specific policy: Available or Closed.
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0 StatusAn indication of the degree of medical urgency for patients awaiting heart or liver transplants. Examples: status 1A, status 1B, or status 2.
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0 StatusIndicates degree of medical urgency for patients awaiting transplants.
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0 StatusA person’s condition, position or standing relative to that of others. (Superstition is highly correlated with economic status.) Prestige or high standing. * »’1957»’, Gladys Sellew and Pau [..]
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0 StatusIndicated degree of medical urgency for patients awaiting transplants.
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0 StatusStatus (Latin plural: statūs), is a state, condition, or situation. Status (law)
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0 StatusLegal status is the position held by something or someone with regard to law. It is a set of privileges, obligations, powers or restrictions that a person or thing has which are encompassed in or decl [..]
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0 StatusStatus (Latin plural: statūs), is a state, condition, or situation. Status (law)
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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.
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Origin of status
First recorded in 1665–75; from Latin: “the condition of standing, stature, status,” equivalent to sta- (variant stem of stāre “to stand”) + -tus suffix of verbal action; see origin at stand
synonym study for status
OTHER WORDS FROM status
non·sta·tus, adjective
Words nearby status
Statue of Liberty, statuesque, statuette, stature, statured, status, status asthmaticus, status bar, status epilepticus, status group, status Indian
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Words related to status
condition, dignity, place, position, prestige, prominence, quality, rating, situation, stature, cachet, caliber, capacity, character, consequence, degree, distinction, eminence, footing, grade
How to use status in a sentence
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You can see the status of your application from the Sqreen dashboard, receive notifications when there’s an incident and get information about incidents.
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We are actively looking into this issue, and will update you with more information as we receive it via our status page on Twitter.
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This affords companies an opportunity to examine the status quo and redesign their existing strategies to emerge as stronger leaders in the next normal.
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In 2017, the Supreme Court ruled that states have the right to decide the status of sports betting for themselves.
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Frustrated by the unpleasant banking experiences they and many millennials faced in the country, Bourgi and Bamba launched Djamo last year to challenge the banking industry status quo.
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When the problem is already political, when the intolerable situation is the status quo?
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Defenders of the status quo claim the old rules protect consumers.
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But when she called back, Brinsley was determined to tall her about his minted screenwriter status.
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Nothing,” Klein notes, “was more threatening to the education status quo in New York City than our charter school initiative.
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In a country where talk is “cheap” and opinions are “a dime a dozen,” we give the facts special privileges and special status.
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And his status is determined rather by his relation to the family than by his relation to the service.
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The unusual political status of a city, completely independent of county jurisdiction, was originated at this time also.
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In Roman times it received the dignity of a municipium—implying municipal status and Roman citizenship for its free inhabitants.
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She had no civil status, but when she married Jules Desmarets her name, Clemence, and her age were publicly announced.
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Gradus initialis hujus status est amicitia inordinata inter duos pueros aut duas puellas.
British Dictionary definitions for status
noun plural -tuses
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; prestigehe has acquired a new status since he has been in that job
the legal standing or condition of a person
a state of affairs
Word Origin for status
C17: from Latin: posture, from stāre to stand
Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Cultural definitions for status
The relative position of an individual within a group, or of a group within a society.
notes for status
Though the term can refer to either high or low standing, it is often used only to imply a position of prestige.
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
n pl , -tuses
1 a social or professional position, condition, or standing to which varying degrees of responsibility, privilege, and esteem are attached
2 the relative position or standing of a person or thing
3 a high position or standing; prestige
he has acquired a new status since he has been in that job
4 the legal standing or condition of a person
5 a state of affairs
(C17: from Latin: posture, from stare to stand)
status quo
n usually preceded by: the the existing state of affairs
(literally: the state in which)
status symbol
n a possession which is regarded as proof of the owner’s social position, wealth, prestige, etc.
English Collins Dictionary — English Definition & Thesaurus 
status
condition, consequence, degree, distinction, eminence, grade, position, prestige, rank, standing
English Collins Dictionary — English synonyms & Thesaurus
status
n.
(Medical) repetitive fits or crises : sign of vital distress
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scally |
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A scally is a working class youth who wears designer sports clothes as a status symbol |
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F-bomb |
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Used as an euphemism for replacing the word ‘fuck’, with reference to the latter’s taboo status and potential to shock or offend |
[informal] Ex: Known for her banters and taste for swearing, the down-to-earth and much loved popstar was nonetheless warned to avoid dropping the F-bomb during the broadcast live ceremony |
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left-handed marriage |
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Marriage between a man of royal or noble birth and a woman of lesser status, with the stipulation that wife and children have no claims to his titles or possessions or dignity. Still common at the beginning of the 20th C., the practice is now rare. Syn. Morganatic marriage, marriage of the left hand |
[Hist.] So-called, because at the nuptial ceremony the husband gives his left hand to the bride, rather than his right, when saying, “I take thee for my wedded wife.” |
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