English noun: statement | |||
1. | statement (communication) a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc | ||
Samples | According to his statement he was in London on that day. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | content, message, subject matter, substance | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | account, agreement, amendment, announcement, announcement, annunciation, answer, answer, assurance, bid, bidding, Bill of Rights, cautious statement, chemical formula, comment, comment, commentary, condition, declaration, declaration, declaration, description, estimate, explanandum, explanans, explanation, explicandum, falsehood, falsity, forecasting, foretelling, formula, formula, input, mathematical statement, misstatement, negation, pleading, prediction, proclamation, prognostication, promulgation, proposition, qualification, quotation, recital, remark, reply, representation, representation, reservation, resolution, response, restatement, result, rhetorical question, solution, solvent, sum-up, summary, term, thing, true statement, truth, understanding, understatement, untruth, value statement, verbal description, word | ||
2. | statement (communication) a fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true | ||
Samples | It was a strong argument that his hypothesis was true. | ||
Synonyms | argument | ||
Broader (hypernym) | evidence | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | adducing, case, clincher, con, counterargument, determiner, determining factor, last word, pro, proof, specious argument | ||
3. | statement (communication) (music) the presentation of a musical theme | ||
Samples | The initial statement of the sonata. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | idea, melodic theme, musical theme, theme | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | augmentation, diminution | ||
Domain category | music | ||
4. | statement (communication) a nonverbal message | ||
Samples | A Cadillac makes a statement about who you are. His tantrums are a statement of his need for attention. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | content, message, subject matter, substance | ||
5. | statement (communication) the act of affirming or asserting or stating something | ||
Synonyms | affirmation, assertion | ||
Broader (hypernym) | speech act | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | say-so | ||
6. | statement (communication) (computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program | ||
Synonyms | command, instruction, program line | ||
Broader (hypernym) | code, computer code | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | call, command line, link, macro, macro instruction, system error, toggle | ||
Part meronym | computer program, computer programme, program, programme | ||
Domain category | computer science, computing | ||
7. | statement (communication) a document showing credits and debits | ||
Synonyms | financial statement | ||
Broader (hypernym) | commercial document, commercial instrument | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | account, account, account statement, accounting, bank statement, bill, earnings report, income statement, invoice, operating statement, profit-and-loss statement | ||