Definition of statement

noun (n)

• a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc (noun.communication)

  Example:
  According to his statement he was in London on that day.
  

  source: wordnet30
• a fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true (noun.communication)

  Synonym: argument
  

  source: wordnet30
• (music) the presentation of a musical theme (noun.communication)

  Example:
  The initial statement of the sonata.
  

  source: wordnet30
• a nonverbal message (noun.communication)

  Example:
  A Cadillac makes a statement about who you are.
  His tantrums are a statement of his need for attention.
  

  source: wordnet30
• the act of affirming or asserting or stating something (noun.communication)

  Synonym: affirmation, assertion
  

  source: wordnet30
• (computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program (noun.communication)

  Synonym: command, instruction, program line
  

  source: wordnet30
• a document showing credits and debits (noun.communication)

  Synonym: financial statement
  

  source: wordnet30
• The act of stating, reciting, or presenting, orally or in paper; as, to interrupt a speaker in the statement of his case. (noun)

  source: webster1913

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