Status

Definition: Status

Status

Noun

1. The relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society: "he had the status of a minor"; "the novel attained the status of a classic"; "atheists do not enjoy a favorable position in American life".

2. A condition or state at a particular time: "a condition (or state) of disrepair"; "the current status of the arms negotiations".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "status" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references)

Etymology: Status \Sta"tus\, noun. [Latin expression]. (Websters 1913)

Computing

Post & Telecom

Public Administration

Social Sciences

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Status

Circumstance

Noun: circumstance, situation, phase, position, posture, attitude, place, point; terms; regime; footing, standing, status.

Compact

Protocol, treaty, concordat, Zollverein, Sonderbund, charter, Magna Charta, Progmatic Sanction, customs union, free trade region; General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, GATT; most favored nation status.

Permanence

Permanence, persistence, endurance; durability; standing, status quo; maintenance, preservation, conservation; conservation; law of the Medes and Persians; standing dish.

Repute

Rank, standing, brevet rank, precedence, pas, station, place, status; position, position in society; order, degree, baccalaureate, locus standi, caste, condition.

Reversion

Turning point, turn of the tide; status quo ante bellum; calm before a storm. alternation; (periodicity); inversion; recoil; retreat, regression, retrogression; restoration; relapse, recidivism; atavism; vicinism;

Situation

Noun: situation, position, locality, locale, status, latitude and longitude; footing, standing, standpoint, post; stage; aspect, attitude, posture, pose.

Term

Noun: term, rank, station, stage, step; degree; scale, remove, grade, link, peg, round of the ladder, status, position, place, point, mark, pas, period, pitch; stand, standing; footing, range.

The Past

Ntiquity, antiqueness, status quo; time immemorial; distance of time; remote age, remote time; remote past; rust of antiquity

Crosswords: Status

Danish (balance sheet, status), Dutch (grade, rank, rate, status), German (status, statuses), Italian (status), Latin (condition, estate, manner of standing, position, stage, state, state or condition, status, the condition), Serbo-Croatian (status), Swedish (status).

My flight status has been withdrawn. (Hot Shots!; writing credit: Jim Abrahams; Pat Proft)

I was a dog, but because I was really good, they moved me up to human being status. (Tank Girl; writing credit: Alan Martin; Jamie Hewlett)

Why would a vampire lie about who sired him. What's that, some kind of status symbol for the undead? (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer)

Then perhaps you weren't afforded a seat be fitting your status and your knowledge of the arts. (The Phantom of the Opera; writing credit: Gerry O'Hara)

Fuel status says we turn back now. (The Hunt for Red October; writing credit: Larry Ferguson)

You didn't know what's platimun status (Stay The Night; performing artist: Imx)

Label owners hate me I'm raisin the status quo up (Izzo (H.O.V.A.); performing artist: Jay-Z)

Here in status symbol land (Pleasant Valley Sunday; performing artist: The Monkees)

A status symbol is a symbol, not status. (references; author: unknown)

The Status Symbol (1962)

Pictures of Matchstick Men (performing artist: The Status Quo)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

References

• Profile and Status of Liberalization Process in Denmark: A Strategic Entry Report, 2000 (reference)

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Books

• Ascorbic Acid In Aquatic Organisms: Status and Perspectives (reference)

• Ascription and Achievement: Studies in Mobility and Status Attainment in Canada (reference)

• Single Blessedness: Observations on the Single Status in Married Society (reference)

• Interview Guide for Evaluating Dsm-IV Psychiatric Disorders and the Mental Status Examination (reference)

• The Ontology and Status of Intellectuals in Arab Academia and Society (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• National Toxicology Program Management Status Report (reference)

• Physica Status Solidi : A Applied Research (reference)

• Status (reference)

• Status Capital Spending Report (reference)

• Status Of Black Atlanta (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Status Quo - Anniversary Waltz (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Her Sacred Status, My Militant Needs (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Led Power Status Panel Use With 19 Slot Chassis (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Shown are groups of people biking. The setting is summer and in the country. This is meant to indicate that one's lifestyle and environment can influence one's health status. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer).

Map showing status of Aedes aegypti mosquito eradication program in the United States in FY 1966. Credit: CDC.

Anopheles earlei is found in woodland pools, bogs, marshes and along sluggish streams. The vector status of this species is unknown. Credit: CDC.

Map showing status of triangulation as of 1937. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

A barge-towing tugboat cruising by the FERREL during status and trends operations in Charleston Harbor. Credit: America's Coastlines.

Readying the A-frame for oceanographic operations on the NOAA Ship FERREL during a status and trends cruise in Charleston Harbor. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

GOES image of North America. Large tropical storm off Baja California. Frontal sytem over upper Midwest. Tropical Storm Diana off the east coast of Florida. This storm had attained tropical storm status just a few hours before. Credit: NOAA in Space.

TIROS-N view of Hurricane Diana churning off North Carolina coast. The storm had mercifully weakened to a Category II status at this time with 95 knot maximum sustained winds. Credit: NOAA in Space.

NRCS Hydrologist Laurel Foreman uses a Global Positioning System (GPS) and personal digital assistant (PDA) to record status of a Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) filter strip planting in Cass County, Iowa. Credit: Lynn Betts.

Dave York, NRCS District Conservationist in Carroll County, Iowa, uses a personal digital assistant to record status of Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) planting. He and the landowner inspected the riparian buffer on the farm. Credit: Lynn Betts.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

To be a capitalist, is to have not only a purely personal, but a social status in production. (reference)

The Egyptian Government shall have complete liberty of action in regulating the status of German nationals and the conditions under which they may establish themselves in Egypt. (reference)

Let me, however, make it clear that I have no official mission or status of any kind, and that I speak only for myself. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)

Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status. (reference)

An additional reason for the inconclusive nature of the Amendment's history, with respect to segregated schools, is the status of public education at that time. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

The use of certain drugs can trigger status migrainosus. (references)

People in status epilepticus do not always have severe convulsive seizures. (references)

The special relationship of obesity to lower socioeconomic status was not addressed. (references)

Business

They too must register to have legal status. (references)

Most religious organizations are granted tax-exempt status. (references)

About two-thirds of those expatriates are currently working on single status. (references)

Children

Morocco

Another problem facing abandoned children of both sexes is their lack of civil status. (references)

Morocco

Civil status is necessary to obtain a birth certificate, passport, or marriage license. (references)

Ireland

The Status of Children Act provides for equal rights for children in all legal proceedings. (references)

Civil Liberties

Burkina Faso

Registration only confers legal status. (references)

Philippines

All had been precluded from refugee status. (references)

Kyrgyz Republic

An additional 9,693 persons had refugee status. (references)

Discrimination

Haiti

It does provide for equal working conditions regardless of sex, beliefs, or marital status. (references)

Israel and the occupied territories

Disability, Language, or Social Status The law prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex or marital status. (references)

Ireland

The 2000 Equal Status Act outlaws discrimination in the provision of goods, facilities, and services on the basis of these nine grounds. (references)

Economic History

Kenya

Nairobi area has special status. (references)

Malaysia

Not available to firms with pioneer status. (references)

Kazakhstan

Both Kazakh and Russian languages have official status. (references)

Human Rights

Turkey

Defense lawyers do not have equal status with prosecutors. (references)

Malaysia

Anwar's status subsequently was changed again to criminal detention. (references)

Congo

This status also is vested in senior officers of the security services. (references)

Indigenous People

Taiwan

Land rights remain a crucial issue for Aborigines, along with social discrimination, educational underachievement, low economic status, and high rates of alcoholism. (references)

Taiwan

The National Assembly amended the Constitution in 1992 and again in 1997 to upgrade the status of aboriginal people, protect their right of political participation, and to ensure their cultural, educational, and business development. (references)

Japan

Many Ainu criticize the Law to Promote Ainu Culture for not advancing Ainu political rights and criticize the Government for not providing funds for noncultural activities that would improve Ainu living conditions or financial status. (references)

Minorities

Hungary

Nine of the 12 Roma families received refugee status in France. (references)

Brazil

No information was available on the status of the investigations. (references)

Congo

Four indigenous languages, Kiswahili, Lingala, Kikongo, and Tshiluba have official status. (references)

Political Economy

CZECH REPUBLIC

As of 2001, EU industrial products enjoy duty-free status. (references)

CZECH REPUBLIC

A new law on the Securities Commission is being prepared to improve its status. (references)

JORDAN

The CBJ requires banks to prove nonresident status for foreign clients' accounts every three years. (references)

Political Rights

Iraq

These political groups continued to attract support despite their illegal status. (references)

South Africa

They claimed that the new demarcations split and diminished their hereditary status and power bases. (references)

Israel and the occupied territories

Of the Knesset's 19 committees, 4 (including the Committee on the Status of Women) are chaired by women. (references)

Trade

Ukraine

The Porto-Franco in Odessa had free port status. (references)

Bulgaria

Column 2 is equivalent to Most-Favored Nation (MFN) status. (references)

Spain

The only requirement is documentation of non-resident status. (references)

Travel

Philippines

SIRV allows them to acquire permanent resident status. (references)

Philippines

Prearranged employment status entitles the visitor to stay for a period of one year. (references)

West Bank

Permission must be obtained from Israel for anyone attempting to claim the status of a returning resident in West Bank/Gaza. (references)

Women

United Arab Emirates

Shari'a is applied in personal status cases. (references)

Tunisia

The 1956 Personal Status Code outlawed polygamy. (references)

Cyprus

Throughout Cyprus, women generally have the same legal status as men. (references)

Worker Rights

Mauritania

Children's legal status is more tenuous than that of adults. (references)

Togo

Many companies have EPZ status, and more than 30 are in operation. (references)

Mexico

Most unions belong to such bodies, which also must register to have legal status. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "status": alarm and status handler ♦ amateur status ♦ banking status message ♦ civil status ♦ commission on the Status of Women ♦ control and Status Register ♦ document status code ♦ Educational Status ♦ enhance the status of ♦ equal status ♦ financial status ♦ Health Status ♦ Health Status Indicators ♦ high status ♦ higher status ♦ improve the status ♦ international civilian personnel with nato status ♦ international multimodal status report message ♦ junior status ♦ Karnofsky Performance Status ♦ legal status ♦ low status ♦ lower status ♦ Marital Status ♦ Mental Status Schedule ♦ mobile activity status ♦ mobility status ♦ most favored nation status ♦ national status ♦ nutritional status ♦ order status report message ♦ performance status ♦ personal status ♦ Psychiatric Status Rating Scales ♦ QPF status ♦ qualified pathogen free status ♦ registration, admission and status channel ♦ security of trustee status ♦ senior status ♦ social status ♦ Status asthmaticus ♦ status bar ♦ status control manager ♦ status description code ♦ status epilepticus ♦ status in quo ♦ status of equipped channels/devices ♦ status of force agreement ♦ status quo ♦ status quo ante ♦ status report ♦ status seeking ♦ status symbol ♦ status tables ♦ tank status report message ♦ target status board ♦ the status of ♦ unit commitment status ♦ upgrade smb.'s status. Additional references.

Beginning with "status": status-based, status-bound, status-conferring, status-conscious, status-consciousness, status-defining, status-embedded, status-enhancing, status-groups, status-hierarchy, status-hungry, status-labels, status-less, status-levels, status-neutral, status-oriented, status-player, status-promoting, status-quo, status-rankings, status-related, status-seekers, status-seeking, status-specific, status-symbol, status-symbols, status-then.

Ending with "status": higher-status, high-status, lower-status, low-status.

Containing "status": test-status-are.

Albanian

pozitë (beachhead, capacity, footing, notch, position, ranking, side, site, stance, standing), gjendje (circumstance, circumstances, condition, fettle, form, medium, milieu, Nick, pass, picture, position, posture, rating, shape, situation, state, the right, way). (various references)

Arabic 

‏مكانة (position, rank, standing, stature), ‏منزلة (class, degree, dignity, grade, order, rank, standing, stature), ‏مقام (key, locality, seat, site, situation), ‏مرتبة (degree, grade, mattress, rank, standing), ‏هيبة (prestige), ‏وضع قانوني, ‏وضع حالة (case, condition, fettle, laid, placement, position, setting, stance), ‏وضع شرعي, ‏وضع (accentuate, affix, apply, bestow, bin, clap, conjuncture, dab, design, do, emplacement, estate, frame, install, job, lay, lay down, lay out, manner, outline, perch, place, placement, plant, posit, position, positioning, posture, put, put down, put up, rank, return, set, set back, situation, stick down, stuff, tuck, utter, writing), ‏حالة (case, circumstance, condition, conjuncture, drama, estate, event, feather, fettle, incident, job, manner, nick, occurrence, phase, picture, place, plight, pose, position, posture, rate, shape, situation, state, trim, way, weather, whack), ‏تشريع (enactment, legislation, statute), ‏إعتبار (account, consideration, esteem, estimation, horn, prestige, regard, respect, stature, thoughtfulness). (various references)

Bulgarian 

ранг (grade, order, place, precedence, rank, rating, siege, state), обществено положение (circumstances, condition, estate, rung ladder, walks of life), правно положение. (various references)

Chinese 

身份 (identity), 身 (body, life, person, pregnancy, suit, torso), 状态 (state), 地位 (place, position), 待遇 (pay, salary, treatment, wages). (various references)

Czech

prestiž (face, kudos, prestige, reputation), postavení (emplacement, erection, position, posture, rank, situation, state, station), životní úroveò (standard of living). (various references)

Danish

status (balance sheet). (various references)

Dutch

status (grade, rank, rate). (various references)

Farsi 

پایه (Base, Basis, Bedrock, Buttress, Cantilever, Column, Degree, Ground, Groundwork, Leg, Mark, Measure, Mount, Outrigger, Phase, Pillar, Prop, Root, Sill, Stage, Stalk, Stanchion, Stock, Stratum), مقام (Capacity, Dignity, Eminence, Function, Office, Order, Pew, Portfolio, Post, Rank, Station, Stature, Title), وضعیت (Case, Condition, Estate, Position, Qualification, Situation), وضع (Aspect, Behavior, Deduction, Demeanour, Gesture, Imposition, Lie, Mien, Ordonnance, Phase, Poise, Pose, Position, Posture, Self, Setup, Situation, Speed, Stance, Station, Stick, Trim), حالت (Attitude, Case, Condition, Estate, Grain, If, Mood, Pose, Posture, Predicament, Self, Situation, Speed, Stance, State, Temper, Temperament, Trim, Vein), حال (Health, Mood, Pep, Self, Situation, State), شان (Dignity, Grandeur, Importance, Rank, Their). (various references)

Finnish

tila (accommodation, condition, estate, farm, room, space, state). (various references)

French

statut (statute), situation. (various references)

German

Status (statuses), Zustand (circumstances, condition, habit, order, situation, state, state of affairs, trim, way), Stellung (ambassadorship, attitude, class, dignity, emplacement, place, pose, position, post, posture, situation, stance, standing, standung, station). (various references)

Greek 

κατάσταση (case, circumstance, condition, fettle, list, plight, predicament, situation, state, statement), θέση (capacity, class, condition, exposure, job, place, position, post, seat, site, situation, standing, station, stead, thesis). (various references)

Hebrew 

מעמ�" (caste, class, estate, position, post, posture, presence, rank, see, standard, standing, state, station), מצב (condition, fettle, garrison, occasion, position, post, shape, situation, stand, state), עמ�"�" (attitude, domicile, position, posture, stance, stand, standing, standing place, station), סטטוס. (various references)

Hungarian

helyzet (aspect, attitude, bearing, footing, juncture, lay, lie, location, occasion, plight, pos, position, predicament, setting, site, situation, stance, state, station, things are coming to a crisis). (various references)

Icelandic

hjúskaparstétt (civil status). (various references)

Indonesian

martabat (dignity, grade, prestige, rank, value), bermartabat (dignity), have a grade (rank, prestigious). (various references)

Italian

status (social standing), stato (been, condition, country, estate, going, mood, standing, state). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

身分柄 (social standing), 地位 (position), � � (case, character), ステーキ屋 (dance for the stage, performance, stage, stapler, state, state amateur, state socialism, stateless, statement, statesman, statesmanship, stateswoman, station, station wagon, status symbol, steak house, steering gear), ステアリン酸 (dance step, stacker, state, steal, stearic acid, Stegodon, Stegosaurus, step, step-by-step, stepfamily, steppe, stepping, steps, stick, sticker, stinger, stitch, thingirl). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

かく (angle, beautiful passage of literature, bishop, case, character, divide, each, every, kernel, nucleus, stroke, to break, to chip, to crack, to depict, to describe, to draw, to lack, to paint, to perspire, to scratch, to sketch, to write), ステータス , ステイタス , みぶ�"がら (social standing), ちい (calamity, lichen, natural disaster, position). (various references)

Korean 

상태. (various references)

Manx

keimeeaght (social standing). (various references)

Norwegian

sivilstand (civil status). (various references)

Pig Latin

atusstay

Portuguese

estado (been, condition, country, estate, nation, order, plight, posture, realm, state). (various references)

Romanian

statut legal, rang (class, degree, dignity, eminence, order, rank, standing, state, station), poziţie socialã (carriage, condition, order, post, posture, rating, social standing, station), condiţie (circumstances, condition, if, plight, rank, requisite, situation, sort, state, station, stipulation, terms, way). (various references)

Russian 

статус (condition, state, statuses). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

status, ugled (escutcheon, goodwill, image, name, reputation, repute, standing, stature), prestiž (prestige), pravni položaj. (various references)

Spanish

estado (been, class, condition, estate, government, line, list, order, polity, rank, report, state, statement, tack, trim, way). (various references)

Swedish

status, ställning (attitude, capacity, cradle, degree, gantry, horse, place, position, rack, situation, stance, standing, state). (various references)

Turkish

statü (place, position, statue, statute), sosyal durum (walk of life), mevki (class, condition, lay, location, place, position, promotion, seat, site, situation, standing, state, station, ubiety), konum (attitude, configuration, lay, lie, location, position, site, situation, standing, state, station), hal (aspect, circs, condition, demeanor, demeanour, estate, event, face, fettle, lay, plight, posture, repair, set, sight, situation, stand, state), durum (attitude, ball game, case, circumstance, condition, conditions, conjuncture, context, estate, event, fact, fettle, footing, instance, lay, lie, occasion, pass, plight, position, posture, repair, score, set, set up, shape, showing, situation, situs, stance, stand, state, state of affairs, trim, way). (various references)

Ukrainian

статус (character, charter, estate). (various references)

Vietnamese 

thân phận, địa vị (better, bettor, dominance, place, tenable). (various references)

ingenuitatem, statu, statui, statum, status. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "status": statuses, statusy. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Status" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: estatoe, ostitis, satos, stafu, statii, statis, stattus, statuesc, statum, statusd, statuss, statut, statuts, staut, Stratos, stutus, tatus. (additional references)

Source: the U.S. Library of Congress and various crossword puzzle references.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: suttas.

-1 letter: stats, sutta, tauts.

-2 letters: stat, tass, tats, taus, taut, tuts, utas.

-3 letters: ass, att, sat, sau, tas, tat, tau, tut, uta, uts.

-4 letters: as, at, ta, us, ut.

+1 letter: statues, statusy, stratus.

+2 letters: outcasts, outfasts, outlasts, outstays, outtasks, situates, stardust, startups, statures, statuses, statutes, stratous, stratums, substate, tautness, tubaists, turistas, unstates, upstarts, upstates.

+3 letters: altruists, antirusts, augustest, austerest, autistics, flautists, lustrates, lutanists, naturists, outboasts, outcastes, outfeasts, outskates, outsmarts, outstands, outstares, outstarts, outstates, outwastes, pantsuits, saturants, saturates, southeast, squatters, squattest, stakeouts, standouts, starburst, stardusts, substates, substrata, substrate, subtotals, subtracts, tessitura, tetanuses, ultraists, upstaters.