statement

CEFRA2

/ˈsteɪtm(ə)nt/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    Something spoken or written to give information or an opinion.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A document that summarizes financial activity.

Examples

  • Did you accept his statement as true?

  • I would like to retract my previous statement.

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
3
Synonyms
3

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A presentation of opinion or position.

  2. A declaration or remark.

  3. An instruction in a computer program, especially one that returns no value, as opposed to a function call.

More examples

In context

  • The prosecuting attorney began with a short opening statement.

  • make a statement

  • publish a statement

Synonyms

Quick test

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The witness gave a blank to the police about what she saw at the crime scene.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

From state + -ment.