[ US /ˈstætʃɝ/ ]
[ UK /stˈæt‍ʃɐ/ ]
NOUN
  1. high level of respect gained by impressive development or achievement
    a man of great stature
  2. (of a standing person) the distance from head to foot
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How To Use stature In A Sentence

  • His stature as an art critic was tremendous.
  • The King looked at him and seeing him to be yet comelier than his daughter and goodlier than she in stature and proportion and brightness and perfection, said to him, The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
  • Close against them and overpeering their tops were hollyhocks and dahlias; against these stood at lesser height sweet peas, asters, zinnias, coreopsis and others of like stature; in front of these were poppies for summer, marigolds for autumn; beneath these again were verbenas, candytuft -- all this is sketched from memory, and I recall the winsome effect rather than species and names; and still below nestled portulaca and periwinkle. The Amateur Garden
  • Most bothersome is during this week of Kanye, Serena and Wilson with virtually every news site asking are we rude/have we lost our civility, is that people from the stature of James Carville to presumably educated people writing comments, are ranting, raving and name calling. Carville takes aim at latest tell-all on Bush
  • Beats me, but I guess it means a figure of that stature and not, as you say, someone who invented a genre out of his own protean imagination and virtuosity, all of which is just so alien to the idea of electronica to begin with. Hamster; Dance – The Bleat.
  • The burning hot summer arrived, this is the demonstration stature good season,the retreat wi nter sincere appearance, lets lithe, the individua lity, the fashion, the sex appeal, mature you sta rt from here! Msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines
  • It is difficult to lose a game of that stature on two offside goals. Times, Sunday Times
  • Already a superstar in his lifetime, since his death in 1982, his stature has grown to mythic proportions.
  • His skills were impressive but what inspired awe was his stature and his bearing. Times, Sunday Times
  • His handjar is a mighty blade, and held high in the hands of a man of his stature, it overtowered everything in the church. The Lady of the Shroud
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