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statuses

statuses is the plural of status.

Meaning of status

Noun

status (countable and uncountable, plural statuses or status or (hypercorrect) stati)

  1. A person’s condition, position or standing relative to that of others.
    • Superstition is highly correlated with economic status.
    Synonyms:
    place
  2. Prestige or high standing.
    • The king has status in his kingdom, and the pauper has status within his immediate group of peers.1957, Gladys Sellew, Paul Hanly Furfey, Sociology and Its Use in Nursing Service, Saunders, page 81
  3. A situation or state of affairs.
    • Near-synonym: footing
    Synonyms:
    footing
  4. The legal condition of a person or thing.
    1. (Canada, usually) The state (of a Canadian First Nations person) of being registered under the Indian Act.
      • He is a status Indian.
  5. (social media) A function of some instant messaging applications, whereby a user may post a message that appears automatically to other users, if they attempt to make contact.
    • I'm just about to update my status to "busy".

Phrases with statuses

Questions about statuses

What is statuses the plural of?
Statuses is the plural of status.

Words near statuses in the dictionary

  1. status strips
  2. status symbol
  3. status symbols
  4. status zer0
  5. status zero
  6. statuses
  7. statuses quo
  8. statusful
  9. statusless
  10. statuslessness
  11. statusmaxx

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