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static

UK/ˈstæt.ɪk//ˈstæt.ɪk/

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static adjective: unchanging; that cannot or does not change.

Adjective

static (not comparable)

  1. Unchanging; that cannot or does not change.
    • It's important to know that the Earth's crust is in no manner a stable and static place.2012, Chinle Miller, In Mesozoic Lands: The Mesozoic Geology of Arches and Canyonlands National Parks, Kindle edition
  2. Making no progress; stalled, without movement or advancement.
    Synonyms:
    stuck
  3. Immobile; fixed in place; having no motion.
    • England were ponderous with ball in hand, their runners static when taking the ball and their lines obvious, while their front row struggled badly in the scrum.2011 October 1, Tom Fordyce, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 16-12 Scotland”, in BBC Sport
  4. Computed, created, or allocated before the program starts running, as opposed to at runtime.
    • A further advantage of static type checking is of course computational efficiency, since run time checks are no longer necessary.1980, R. Barbuti, A. Martelli, “Static Type Checking for Languages with Parametric Types and Polymorphic Procedures”, in Proceedings of the Fourth ‘Colloque Internationale sur la Programmation’
    • A static variable is one whose storage remains allocated for the duration of the entire program. All global variables are static variables.1998, Nell B. Dale, Chip Weems, Mark R. Headington, chapter 8, in Programming and Problem Solving with C++
    Antonyms:
    dynamic, nonstatic
  5. (object-oriented programming) Defined for the class itself, as opposed to instances of it; thus shared between all instances and accessible even without an instance.

Noun

static (countable and uncountable, plural statics)

  1. (uncountable) Interference on a broadcast signal caused by atmospheric disturbances; heard as crackles on radio, or seen as random specks on television.
    • Near-synonyms: shash, snow
    • The World Series was on, but there was so much static that we could barely even follow the action.
    Synonyms:
    shash, snow
  2. (broadly, figuratively, uncountable) Interference or obstruction from people.
    • I was getting a lot of static from the bean counters whenever I tried to proceed.
  3. (US, slang, uncountable) Verbal abuse.
    • Near-synonym: flak
    • Don't you be giving me any static over it. You know the rules.
    Synonyms:
    flak
  4. (uncountable) Static electricity.
    • This stupid carpet is always giving me a shock from the static.
  5. (countable) A static caravan.
  6. (countable) A static variable.
    • Some compilers will allow statics to be inlined, but then incorrectly create multiple instances of the inlined variable at run-time.2000, Dov Bulka, David Mayhew, Efficient C++: Performance Programming Techniques, page 149

static meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

static in Hindi

having no motion
गतिहीन gatihīn, अचल acal

static in Tamil

அசைவற்ற, இயங்காத, தேக்கம், நிலைத்த, நிலையான, வளர்ச்சியற்ற

static in Urdu

static
ثابت sābit

static in Bengali

static, motionless
অগতি ôgôti, অগম ogom
static, stagnant, tranquil
অকম্পিত okompito
static
সাবিত sabit
static, immobile, fixed
স্থিত sthito
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static in Malayalam
നിശ്ചലമായ, വസ്തുസ്ഥിതിശാസ്ത്രപരമായ, സ്വസ്ഥമായിരിക്കുന്ന
static in Kannada
ಹಂದದಿರುವ, ನಿಲ್ಮೆಯ, ನೆಲೆಯ, ಸಮತೂಕದಲ್ಲಿರುವ
static in Indonesian
statis

Examples of static in a sentence

  • Despite the term, a static website doesn’t mean one that never changes.2019, Ben Piper, David Clinton, chapter 12, in AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner Study Guide with Online Labs:
  • The FCC says it decided to attempt standardization of VHF receivers after getting "thousands of complaints" from disgruntled boatmen who found their sets brought in mostly a lot of garble and static.1976, Boating (volume 40, numbers 1-2, page 152)
  • The girls don't seem to care tonight / As long as the mood is right / No static at all (no static, no static at all) / FM (no static at all)1978, Walter Becker, Donald Fagen, “FM (No Static at All)”, in FM (soundtrack), performed by Steely Dan:
  • Drove to the pad and hit the showers / Didn't even get no static from the cowards1992, Ice Cube, “It Was a Good Day”, in The Predator:

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Synonyms of static

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Antonyms

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Forms of static

Adjective
alternative form (obsolete)statick
Noun
pluralstatics

Origin of static

Modern Latin staticus, from Ancient Greek στατικός (statikós), from ἵστημι (hístēmi, “to make stand”). By surface analysis, stasis + -tic.

Words formed from static

Phrases with static

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Words that rhyme with static

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Questions about static

What does static mean?
Static means unchanging; that cannot or does not change.
What is static in Hindi?
Static in Hindi is गतिहीन (gatihīn), अचल (acal). See Static meaning in Hindi.
How do you use static in a sentence?
Despite the term, a static website doesn’t mean one that never changes.
What part of speech is static?
Static can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce static?
Static is pronounced /ˈstæt.ɪk/ (UK).

Words near static in the dictionary

  1. stati
  2. stati quo
  3. Statia
  4. Statian
  5. Statians
  6. static
  7. static binding
  8. static caravan
  9. static caravans
  10. static class
  11. static classes

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: static (page history and authors); static (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ثابت (Urdu) (page history and authors); অকম্পিত (Bengali) (page history and authors); static (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); static (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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