Meaning

A declaration or remark..

Definitions by Sense

1. A declaration or remark.
2. A presentation of opinion or position.
3. (finance) A document that summarizes financial activity.
4. (computing) An instruction in a computer program, especially one that returns no value, as opposed to a function call.
5. Decisive.
6. (transitive) To provide an official document of a proposition, especially in the UK, a Statement of Special Educational Needs.

Example Sentences

make a statement

publish a statement

utter a statement

a bank statement

In this section we will examine BASIC's primary statement for repeating a string of statements under program control: the FOR statement. Another statement, the NEXT statement, is always used with a FOR statement.

However, it is the responsibility of the programmer to ensure that the control ultimately reaches the last statement of the range.

Gabriel Martinelli scored a dramatic late winner as Arsenal earned a statement victory over defending Premier League champions Manchester City at Emirates Stadium.

Word Forms

• statements
• statementing
• statemented

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When Should You Use Statement?

Use statement when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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