Noun: status
| Singular | status |
| Plural | statuses; status; stati |
Sample Sentences
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Superstition is highly correlated with economic status.
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This time, there’s no great discrepancy in status; both fiancés are part of the urban, white-collar middle class. [2026 May 27, Judy Berman, “When Did On-Screen Weddings Get So Bleak?”, in TIME, archived from the original on 28 May 2026:]
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The king has status in his kingdom, and the pauper has status within his immediate group of peers. [1957, Gladys Sellew, Paul Hanly Furfey, Sociology and Its Use in Nursing Service, Saunders, page 81:]
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It is no secret that the military was a bastion of racism and sexism keeping blacks and women in the housekeeping and other non-status jobs. [1979 April 28, Mary A. Lowry, “Those Wonderful Women in Their Flying Machines (review)”, in Gay Community News, page 10:]
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Near-synonym: footing
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What's the status of the investigation?
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New York is known for its status as a financial center.
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If the takeover is approved, Comcast would control 20 of the top 25 cable markets, […]. Antitrust officials will need to consider Comcast's status as a monopsony (a buyer with disproportionate power), when it comes to negotiations with programmers, whose channels it pays to carry. [2014 March 15, “Turn It Off”, in The Economist, volume 410, number 8878:]
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He is a status Indian.
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I'm just about to update my status to "busy".
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I read your status last night / You posted that someone else was holding you tight [2012, “Facebook Drama”, performed by Northern Cree:]
Etymology
A learned borrowing from Latin status. A doublet of state and estate. Displaced native Old English hād (“rank, status”).
Verbs referencing "status"
Spanish Nouns
estatus.