statement

See also: Statement

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsteɪtm(ə)nt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsteɪtmənt/

• Audio (General American):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -eɪtmənt
• Hyphenation: state‧ment

Etymology 1

From state +‎ -ment.

Noun

statement (plural statements)

1. A declaration or remark.

   make a statement

   publish a statement

   utter a statement

2. A presentation of opinion or position.
3. (finance) A document that summarizes financial activity.

   a bank statement

4. (computing) An instruction in a computer program, especially one that returns no value, as opposed to a function call.
   • 1981, Thomas C. Bartee, BASIC computer programming, page 110:

     In this section we will examine BASIC's primary statement for repeating a string of statements under program control: the FOR statement. Another statement, the NEXT statement, is always used with a FOR statement.

   • 1989, M. K. Roy, Debabrata Ghosh Dastidar, COBOL Programming, page 174:

     However, it is the responsibility of the programmer to ensure that the control ultimately reaches the last statement of the range.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:statement

Derived terms

Terms derived from statement

• account statement
• bank statement
• blanket statement
• counter statement
• environmental impact statement
• e-statement
• fashion statement
• financial statement
• impact statement
• income statement
• make a statement
• mission statement
• motherhood statement
• normative statement
• opening statement
• positive statement
• prepared statement
• problem statement
• purpose statement
• reflexive statement
• scissor statement
• Sherman statement
• singular existential statement
• singular statement
• statemental
• statement of accounts
• statement of affairs
• statement of claim
• statement of intent
• thesis statement
• upside-down income statement
• value statement
• victim impact statement
• vision statement
• written statement of employment

 

Translations

declaration or remark

• Arabic: تَصْرِيح m (taṣrīḥ)
• Belarusian: зая́ва f (zajáva), сцвярджэ́нне n (scvjardžénnje)
• Bengali: বয়ান (bn) (boẏan)
• Bulgarian: твърде́ние (bg) n (tvǎrdénie), изявле́ние (bg) n (izjavlénie)
• Catalan: declaració (ca) f
• Cebuano: pahayag, saysay
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 聲明／声明 (zh) (shēngmíng), 陳述／陈述 (zh) (chénshù)

• Czech: výrok (cs) m, tvrzení (cs) n
• Danish: udsagn (da) n
• Dutch: verklaring (nl) f, bemerking (nl) f, opmerking (nl) f
• Estonian: väide
• Faroese: frágreiðing f
• Finnish: toteamus
• French: déclaration (fr) f
• Georgian: განცხადება (gancxadeba)
• German: Aussage (de) f, Angabe (de) f, Erklärung (de) f
• Greek: δήλωση (el) f (dílosi)
• Hebrew: הַצְהָרָה f (hatshará), קביעה f (kviá)
• Hindi: कथन (hi) m (kathan), प्रख्यापन (hi) m (prakhyāpan)
• Hungarian: kijelentés (hu), állítás (hu)
• Indonesian: pernyataan (id)
• Irish: ráiteas m
• Italian: dichiarazione (it)
• Japanese: 声明 (ja) (せいめい, seimei), 陳述 (ja) (ちんじゅつ, chinjutsu)
• Kapampangan: agkas, igkas, keyigkasan, keyagkasan, inamanu, sambitla
• Korean: 성명(聲明) (ko) (seongmyeong), 진술(陳述) (ko) (jinsul)
• Latvian: paziņojums m
• Macedonian: изјава f (izjava)
• Malay: kenyataan (ms), penyata
• Malayalam: പ്രസ്താവന (ml) (prastāvana)
• Maori: tauākī, tātaku, taukī
• Marathi: विधान n (vidhān)
• Mirandese: afirmaçon f
• Navajo: chʼíhootʼánígíí
• Papiamentu: deklarashon
• Polish: stwierdzenie (pl) n, twierdzenie (pl) n
• Portuguese: declaração (pt), afirmação (pt) f
• Romanian: declarație (ro) f, remarcă (ro) f
• Russian: заявле́ние (ru) n (zajavlénije), утвержде́ние (ru) n (utverždénije)
• Scottish Gaelic: ràdh (gd) m
• Slovak: výrok m, tvrdenie n
• Spanish: declaración (es) f, comunicado (es) m
• Tagalog: pahayag, ulat (tl)
• Thai: แถลงการณ์ (th) (tà-lɛ̌ɛng-gaan), คำแถลง, ถ้อยแถลง (th)
• Turkish: açıklama (tr), bildirge (tr), demeç (tr), beyanat (tr)
• Ukrainian: зая́ва f (zajáva), тве́рдження n (tvérdžennja), ре́чення (uk) n (réčennja)
• Uyghur: اخبارات (axbarat), بايانات (bayanat)
• Yiddish: דערקלערונג f (derklerung)

presentation of opinion or position

• Bulgarian: изложе́ние (bg) n (izložénie)
• Catalan: declaració (ca) f
• Cebuano: tanyag
• Czech: výrok (cs) m
• Danish: meningstilkendegivelse c
• Dutch: verklaring (nl) f, stellingname (nl) f
• Esperanto: atesto
• Faroese: frágreiðing f
• Finnish: lausunto (fi), kannanotto (fi), julkilausuma (fi)
• French: déclaration (fr) f
• German: Stellungnahme (de) f, Bekundung (de) f, Erklärung (de) f
• Greek: δήλωση (el) f (dílosi)
• Hebrew: טַעֲנָה f (ta'aná)
• Hungarian: bejelentés (hu), nyilatkozat (hu), közlemény (hu)
• Irish: ráiteas m
• Malayalam: പ്രസ്താവന (ml) (prastāvana)
• Maori: tauaki, tātaku
• Plautdietsch: Berecht m
• Polish: oświadczenie (pl) n
• Portuguese: declaração (pt) f, afirmação (pt) f
• Romanian: declarație (ro) f
• Russian: изложе́ние (ru) n (izložénije), формулиро́вка (ru) f (formuliróvka)
• Sanskrit: वाद (sa) m (vāda)
• Scottish Gaelic: ràdh (gd) m
• Spanish: declaración (es) f
• Swedish: uttryck (sv)
• Tagalog: deklarasyon (tl)
• Turkish: açıklama (tr), bildiri (tr), deklarasyon (tr)
• Yiddish: דערקלערונג f (derklerung)

finance: document that summarizes financial activity

• Bulgarian: отче́т (bg) m (otčét)
• Catalan: extracte m
• Cebuano: ihap, kwenta, balansi
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 財務報告／财务报告 (cáiwù bàogào), 銀行結單／银行结单 (yínháng jiédān) (bank statement)

• Czech: výpis (cs) m
• Dutch: uittreksel (nl) n
• Esperanto: etato
• Finnish: tiliote (fi)
• French: relevé (fr) m
• German: Auszug (de) m, Kontoauszug (de) m
• Hebrew: הַצְהָרָה f (hatshará)
• Hungarian: kimutatás (hu), kivonat (hu), számlakivonat (hu), bankszámlakivonat (hu), egyenlegértesítő
• Irish: ráisteas cuntais m, ráiteas bainc f
• Italian: rendiconto (it)
• Japanese: 報告書 (ja) (ほうこくしょ, hōkokusho)
• Maori: tauākī
• Polish: wyciąg (pl) m, wypis m
• Portuguese: extrato (pt) m
• Romanian: bilanț (ro) n
• Russian: отчёт (ru) m (otčót), бала́нс (ru) m (baláns), вы́писка (ru) f (výpiska)
• Scottish Gaelic: aithisg f
• Spanish: resumen (es) m
• Thai: งบ (th) (ngóp), สเตตเมนต์
• Turkish: ekstre (tr)

computing: instruction in a computer program

• Bulgarian: кома́нда (bg) f (kománda)
• Catalan: instrucció (ca) f, sentència (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 聲明／声明 (zh) (shēngmíng)

• Dutch: verklaring (nl) f, instructie (nl)
• Finnish: lause (fi), käsky (fi)
• French: instruction (fr) f
• German: Anweisung (de) f
• Greek: εντολή (el) f (entolí)
• Hebrew: הצהרה f (hatshará)
• Hungarian: utasítás (hu)
• Japanese: 文 (ja) (ぶん, bun)
• Korean: 문(文) (ko) (mun)
• Marathi: आज्ञा f (ājñā)
• Polish: instrukcja (pl) f
• Portuguese: declaração (pt) f
• Romanian: instrucțiune (ro) f, instrucțiuni f pl
• Russian: опера́тор (ru) n (operátor), инстру́кция (ru) n (instrúkcija)
• Spanish: instrucción (es) f
• Swedish: sats (sv) c, programsats c
• Thai: ข้อความสั่ง

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Afrikaans: ^{(please verify)} bewering
• Albanian: ^{(please verify)} thënie (sq)
• Arabic: ^{(please verify)} بَيَان (ar) m (bayān), ^{(please verify)} تَصْرِيح m (taṣrīḥ)
• Azerbaijani: ^{(please verify)} bildirmə
• Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} eldiro
• Estonian: ^{(please verify)} avaldus
• Georgian: ^{(please verify)} ჩვენება (čveneba)
• German: ^{(please verify)} Behauptung (de) f, ^{(please verify)} Erklärung (de) f
• Hindi: ^{(please verify)} वर्णन (hi) (varṇan)
• Icelandic: ^{(please verify)} staðhæfing (is)
• Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} declaration
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} dichiarazione (it) f
• Korean: ^{(please verify)} 계산서(計算書) (gyesanseo)
• Lithuanian: ^{(please verify)} ataskaita f
• Mongolian: ^{(please verify)} баримт бичиг (mn) (barimt bičig)
• Norman: ^{(please verify)} êtat m (Jersey)
• Norwegian: ^{(please verify)} påstand m, ^{(please verify)} ytring c
• Persian: ^{(please verify)} بیان (fa) (bayân), ^{(please verify)} گفته (fa) (gofte)
• Romanian: ^{(please verify)} enunț (ro)
• Serbo-Croatian: ^{(please verify)} изјава f, ^{(please verify)} izjava (sh) f
• Slovak: ^{(please verify)} prehľad m
• Slovene: ^{(please verify)} izjava f
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} afirmación (es)
• Swahili: ^{(please verify)} neno (sw)
• Swedish: ^{(please verify)} påstående (sv) n, ^{(please verify)} uttalande (sv) n, ^{(please verify)} konstaterande (sv) n
• Tagalog: ^{(please verify)} pagsasalita, ^{(please verify)} pangungusap
• Turkish: ^{(please verify)} ifade (tr)
• Ukrainian: ^{(please verify)} зая́ва (zajáva), ^{(please verify)} виклад (uk) (vyklad)
• Vietnamese: ^{(please verify)} sự bày tỏ
• Welsh: ^{(please verify)} cyfriflen
• West Frisian: ^{(please verify)} bewearing
• Yiddish: ^{(please verify)} aroiszogung

Adjective

statement (not comparable)

1. Decisive.
   • 2023 October 8, Phil McNulty, “Arsenal 1-0 Manchester City”, in BBC Sport‎^[1]:

     Gabriel Martinelli scored a dramatic late winner as Arsenal earned a statement victory over defending Premier League champions Manchester City at Emirates Stadium.

Etymology 2

Back-formation from statementing or back-formation from statemented.

Verb

statement (third-person singular simple present statements, present participle statementing, simple past and past participle statemented)

1. (transitive) To provide an official document of a proposition, especially in the UK, a Statement of Special Educational Needs.

See also

• Special education in England on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Further reading

• “statement”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “statement”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• testament, tentmates, Amstetten

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English statement.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsteːtmənt/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: state‧ment

Noun

statement n (plural statements)

1. statement, declaration

   Synonym: verklaring

   Gordijnen zijn niet langer alleen functionele raamdecoratie, maar kunnen tegenwoordig dienen als een statement in het interieur.

   Curtains are no longer just functional window decoration, but can now serve as a statement in the interior.

2. (computing) statement, instruction in a computer program

   Synonym: instructie

   Elk statement in de code is op te splitsen in twee delen: sub en by.

   Each statement in the code can be divided into two parts: sub and by.