Stat Meaning
/stæt/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
advImmediately; now.
advImmediately.
Sentence Examples
I really need to eat some waffles, stat!
We really need more American slang on Tatoeba, stat!
CEFR Practice Quiz
The doctor ordered the lab results ____ because the patient was critical.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The surgeon called for the patient's heart rate monitor reading ____ when the alarm began to sound loudly.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree Latin statimbor. English stat Borrowed from Latin statim (“immediately”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"TBH, I’d get to shopping STAT because these hoodies will for sure sell like hotcakes once season 2 premieres on June 28. So make sure to snag one for yourself before they sell out and mark your calendar for the big day!"
— 2022 June 27, Megan Uy, “Where to Get That Cute Tie-Dye Hoodie on ‘Only Murders in the Building’”, in Cosmopolitan:
"There are some glittering stats out there regarding Brassey: namely that he'd built around one-third of Britain's railways by the time he was in his early 40s, and that by the time of his death (aged 65) he was responsible for around one-twentieth of the world's railways."
— 2021 December 29, Stephen Roberts, “Stories and facts behind railway plaques: Chester (1848)”, in Rail, number 947, page 57:
""I went back and statted that match," Shondell said. "Seventy percent of the points, we either finished them with a kill or making an error. So we were in control, it's just that we weren't in control the way we needed to be on a regular basis.""
— 2014 September 16, Sam King, “Purdue volleyball notes: Madness in Mackey Arena”, in Journal & Courier:
"The most important part of the collection, however, is Howe’s folders of stats. […] All up, he reckons he’s statted over 10,000 Australian matches at all levels. It’s all been digitised now, of course, but to this day Howe maintains a hand-written record."
— 2015 July 27, Joe Gorman, “The stats guru helping keep alive football history in Australia”, in The Guardian:
"These Poloroids ^([sic]) are then enlarged by a stat camera or a copier with an enlarging feature, colored electrographically, transferred to acetate pieces, and fused or sewn together into quilts."
— 1983 February 12, F. W. Leupold, “Lesbirotic Electrographics”, in Gay Community News, volume 10, number 29, page 12:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The doctor ordered the lab results ____ because the patient was critical.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The surgeon called for the patient's heart rate monitor reading ____ when the alarm began to sound loudly.