Statue Meaning
/ˈstæt͡ʃ.uː/Definition, CEFR level A1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA three-dimensional work of art, usually representing a person or animal, usually created by sculpting, carving, molding, or casting.
nounA portrait.
Sentence Examples
On top of the statue, Sadako is holding a golden crane over her head.
When the Venus de Milo was entire, there were arms on the statue.
The visitors disposed themselves in a circle round the statue.
CEFR Practice Quiz
In the park, a large bronze ____ of the hero stands on a stone base.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
A massive bronze ____ of the city's founder was placed in the center of the main town square.
Word Origin & History
From Old French statue, from Latin statua, derived from statuō (“set up or erect”). Doublet of statua.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"I will raise her statue in pure gold."
— c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iii]:
"It’s true, Robert E. Lee was opposed to statues of people like Robert E. Lee! So any city that decides to keep a statue of him should, at the very least, add a speech bubble saying, “You know, I specifically told you all not to do this.”!"
— 2017 October 8, “Confederacy”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 4, episode 26, John Oliver (actor), via HBO:
"The young lady just then would have formed a graceful model for a statue of Attention"
— a. 1876, Philip Massinger, Mart and Mansion:
"The whole man becomes as if statued into stone and earth."
— 1623, Owen Feltham, Resolves: Divine, Moral, Political:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
In the park, a large bronze ____ of the hero stands on a stone base.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
A massive bronze ____ of the city's founder was placed in the center of the main town square.