statement

English

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Pronunciation

(UK) IPA: /ˈsteɪt.mənt/, X-SAMPA: /"steIt.m@nt/
Rhymes: -eɪtmənt
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Etymology 1

From state +‎ -ment.

Noun

statement (plural statements)

A declaration or remark.
A presentation of opinion or position.
(finance) A document that summarizes financial activity.
a bank statement
(computing) An instruction in a computer program.

Synonyms

See also Wikisaurus:statement

Derived terms

Terms derived from statement

Translations

declaration or remark

Chinese:
Mandarin: 聲明 (cmn), 声明 (cmn) (shēngmíng), 陳述 (cmn), 陈述 (cmn) (chénshù)
Czech: výrok (cs) m
Dutch: verklaring (nl) f, bemerking (nl) f, opmerking (nl) f
Estonian: väide (et)
Finnish: toteamus (fi)
French: déclaration (fr) f
Greek: δήλωση (el) (dílosi) f
Hungarian: kijelentés (hu), állítás (hu)

Irish: ráiteas (ga) m
Japanese: 声明 (ja) (せいめい, seimei), 陳述 (ja) (ちんじゅつ, chinjutsu)
Maori: tauaki (mi)
Navajo: chʼíhootʼánígíí
Polish: stwierdzenie (pl) n, twierdzenie (pl) n
Portuguese: declaração (pt)
Romanian: declarație (ro) f, remarcă (ro) f
Russian: заявление (ru) (zajavlénije) n, утверждение (ru) (utverždénije) n
Scottish Gaelic: ràdh (gd) m
Spanish: declaración (es) f
Turkish: açıklama (tr), bildirge (tr), demeç (tr), beyanat (tr)

presentation of opinion or position

Czech: výrok (cs) m
Dutch: verklaring (nl) f, stellingname (nl) f
Finnish: lausunto (fi), kannanotto (fi)
French: déclaration (fr) f
Greek: δήλωση (el) (dílosi) f
Hungarian: bejelentés (hu), nyilatkozat (hu), közlemény (hu)

Irish: ráiteas (ga) m
Maori: tauaki (mi)
Polish: oświadczenie (pl) n
Romanian: declarație (ro) f
Russian: изложение (ru) (izložénije) n, формулировка (ru) (formuliróvka) f
Scottish Gaelic: ràdh (gd) m
Turkish: açıklama (tr), bildiri (tr), deklarasyon (tr)

finance: document that summarizes financial activity

Chinese:
Mandarin: 財務報告 (cmn), 财务报告 (cmn) (cáiwù bàogào), 銀行結單 (cmn), 银行结单 (cmn) (yínháng jiédān) (bank statement)
Czech: výpis (cs) m
Dutch: uittreksel (nl) n
Finnish: tiliote (fi)
French: relevé (fr) m

Irish: ráisteas cuntais (ga) m, ráiteas bainc (ga) f
Japanese: 報告書 (ja) (ほうこくしょ, hōkokusho)
Polish: wyciąg (pl) m
Portuguese: extrato (pt) m
Romanian: bilanț (ro) n
Russian: отчёт (ru) (otčót) m, баланс (ru) (baláns) m, выписка (ru) (výpiska) f
Scottish Gaelic: aithisg (gd) f
Turkish: ekstre (tr)

computing: instruction in a computer program

Chinese:
Mandarin: 聲明 (cmn), 声明 (cmn) (shēngmíng)
Dutch: verklaring (nl) f, instructie (nl)
Finnish: ohje (fi)
French: instruction (fr) f

German: Anweisung (de) f
Hungarian: utasítás (hu)
Polish: instrukcja (pl) f
Romanian: instrucțiune (ro) f
Russian: оператор (ru) (operátor) n, инструкция (ru) (instrúktsiya) n

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Afrikaans: bewering (af)
Albanian: thënie (sq)
Arabic: بيان (ar) (bayá:n) m, تصريح (ar) (taʂrí:ħ) m
Azeri: bildirmə (az)
Bulgarian: излагане (bg) (izlagane) n
Catalan: declaració (ca) f
Serbo-Croatian: izjava (sh) f
Danish: påstand (da)
Esperanto: eldiro (eo)
Estonian: avaldus (et)
Jèrriais: êtat m
Georgian: ჩვენება (ka) (č‘veneba)
German: Behauptung (de) f, Erklärung (de) f
Hebrew: הַצְהָרָה (he) (ha-tseharah) f
Hindi: (varnana)
Icelandic: staðhæfing (is)
Indonesian: pernyataan (id)
Interlingua: declaration (ia)
Italian: dichiarazione (it)

Korean: 계산서 (ko) (gyesansŏ), 진술 (ko) (jinsul)
Latvian: paziņojums (lv)
Lithuanian: ataskaita (lt)
Mongolian: баримт бичиг (mn) (barimt bičig)
Norwegian: påstand (no) m, ytring (no) c
Papiamentu: deklarashon (pap)
Persian: بیان (fa) (bayân), گفته (fa) (gofte)
Portuguese: afirmação (pt) f, declaração (pt) f
Romanian: enunț (ro)
Serbo-Croatian: изјава (sh) (izjava)
Slovak: prehľad (sk)
Slovene: izjava (sl)
Swahili: neno (sw)
Swedish: påstående (sv) n, uttalande (sv) n, konstaterande (sv) n
Tagalog: pagsasalita Pangungusap as in statement of the president-pangungusap ng pangulo.
Thai: แถลงการณ์ (th) (tà-lăeng gaan)
Turkish: ifade (tr)
Ukrainian: заява (uk) (zajáva), виклад (uk) (vyklad)
Uyghur: bayanat (ug) (bayanat)
Vietnamese: sự bày tỏ (vi)
Welsh: cyfriflen (cy)
West Frisian: bewearing (fy)
Yiddish: aroiszogung (yi)

Etymology 2

Back-formation from statementing. and statemented

Verb

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