status

4 definitions found

status - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Status \Sta"tus\ (st[=a]"t[u^]s), n. [L.]
     State; condition; position of affairs.
     [1913 Webster] Status in quo

status - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  status
      n 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" [syn:
           status, position]
      2: a state at a particular time; "a condition (or state) of
         disrepair"; "the current status of the arms negotiations"
         [syn: condition, status]

status - Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :

  STATUS. The condition of persons. It also means estate, because it signifies 
  the condition or circumstances in which the owner stands with regard to his 
  property. 2 Bouv. Inst. n. 1689. 
  
  

status - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  99 Moby Thesaurus words for "status":
     angle, base, bearings, blood, bracket, branch, cachet, caliber,
     capacity, case, caste, category, character, circumstance, clan,
     class, condition, consequence, dignity, distance, distinction,
     division, echelon, eminence, estate, face, fix, footing, grade,
     ground, group, grouping, head, heading, hierarchy, high place,
     importance, jam, kin, kudos, label, level, location, lot, merit,
     modality, mode, order, part, pass, perspective, pickle, pigeonhole,
     place, plight, position, post, posture, power structure,
     precedence, predicament, prestige, prominence, quality, race, rank,
     rate, rating, relation, renown, reputation, repute, role, rubric,
     seat, section, sept, set, significance, situation, sphere, spot,
     stage, stand, standing, state, state of affairs, station, stature,
     status quo, strain, stratum, subdivision, subgroup, suborder,
     title, venue, viewpoint, worth