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status
What does status mean?
status (noun): a person’s condition, position or standing relative to that of others.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use status in a sentence?
- What is your status? (Tatoeba sentence #6577577 by Eccles17, CC BY 2.0 FR)
Where does status come from?
A learned borrowing from Latin status.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does “status” mean?
your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief
Not quite: that's what evidence means.
a representative who acts on behalf of other persons or organizations
Not quite: that's what agent means.
a person’s condition, position or standing relative to that of others
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the piece of land on which something is located (or is to be located)
Not quite: that's what site means.
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