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US
/ˈstætəs, ˈsteɪtəs/
]
[ UK /stˈeɪtəs/ ]
[ UK /stˈeɪtəs/ ]
NOUN
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a state at a particular time
the current status of the arms negotiations
a condition (or state) of disrepair -
the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society
atheists do not enjoy a favorable position in American life
he had the status of a minor
the novel attained the status of a classic
How To Use status In A Sentence
- One in 20 changed their marital status to appeal to employers and five per cent falsely claimed to play golf. The Sun
- China says it respects the legitimate status of President Mahmoud Abbas and the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) while calling on Palestinian forces to end conflicts.
- On the one hand, it was a powerful tool to enhance or sustain personal and corporate power, wealth, and status.
- The authors of the second paper admit that “other variables … influence the binding avidity (preference), such as type of SA (sialic acid of the receptor site) and glycosylation and sialylation of the hemagglutinin close to the receptor binding site. †These factors all vary obviously and there are other variables in the equation as well including the status of specific areas of the immune system. Think Progress » An Inconvenient Truth and An Intolerable Summer
- It is a rebuke to those who grumpily accept their snail-paced status quo. Times, Sunday Times
- If the reform stuck to a market-based insurance system - so went the reasoning - access could be within reach of more people without causing disruptions to those benefiting from the status quo. Anja Rudiger: With all eyes on the 'market,' health reform overlooked human rights
- In March 1525, the king recalled Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, from his role as justiciar of North Wales and, in south Wales, the long-time crown agent, Sir Rhys ap Thomas, had died in the spring. 66 This household was to have a profound effect on Mary's political status and composition of future households. 67 From Heads of Household to Heads of State: The Preaccession Households of Mary and Elizabeth Tudor, 1516-1558
- Keeping specific goals and metrics for testing in mind not only helps track status and results, but also avoids the last-second scramble to pull together necessary reports.
- The RAM has a first location for storing the data signal and a second location for storing the initialization status indicator.
- Mostly, however, she seems to be held in some kind of incommunicado status until they need a sound bite, and then they throw the power switch, download the text and out she spits it, with all the emotion of an automaton. Condi a Waste of Time
