statement

Noun
  1. A message that is stated or declared;
    A communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc (synset 106735202)
    "according to his statement he was in London on that day"
    is a type of: content, message, subject matter, substance - what a communication that is about something is about
    subtypes:
    • sum-up, summary - a brief statement that presents the main points in a concise form
    • pleading - (law) a statement in legal and logical form stating something on behalf of a party to a legal proceeding
    • amendment - a statement that is added to or revises or improves a proposal or document (a bill or constitution etc.)
    • thing - a statement regarded as an object
    • true statement, truth - a true statement
    • description, verbal description - a statement that represents something in words
    • declaration - a statement that is emphatic and explicit (spoken or written)
    • announcement, annunciation, declaration, proclamation - a formal public statement
    • bill of rights - a statement of fundamental rights and privileges (especially the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution)
    • formula - a conventionalized statement expressing some fundamental principle
    • mathematical statement - a statement of a mathematical relation
    • bid, bidding - (bridge) the number of tricks a bridge player is willing to contract to make
    • word - a brief statement
    • account, explanation - a statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc.
    • explanandum, explicandum - (logic) a statement of something (a fact or thing or expression) to be explained
    • explanans - (logic) statements that explain the explicandum; the explanatory premises
    • value statement - a statement of the desirability of something
    • representation - a statement of facts and reasons made in appealing or protesting
    • answer, resolution, result, solution, solvent - a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem
    • answer, reply, response - a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation
    • announcement, promulgation - a public statement containing information about an event that has happened or is going to happen
    • forecasting, foretelling, prediction, prognostication - a statement made about the future
    • proposition - (logic) a statement that affirms or denies something and is either true or false
    • quotation - a statement of the current market price of a security or commodity
    • falsehood, falsity, untruth - a false statement
    • understatement - a statement that is restrained in ironic contrast to what might have been said
    • qualification, reservation - a statement that limits or restricts some claim
    • cautious statement - a statement made with careful qualifications
    • comment, commentary - a written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material
    • comment, input, remark - a statement that expresses a personal opinion or belief or adds information
    • rhetorical question - a statement that is formulated as a question but that is not supposed to be answered
    • misstatement - a statement that contains a mistake
    • restatement - a revised statement
    • agreement, understanding - the statement (oral or written) of an exchange of promises
    • condition, strings, term - (usually plural) a statement of what is required as part of an agreement
    • estimate - a statement indicating the likely cost of some job
    • chemical formula, formula - a representation of a substance using symbols for its constituent elements
    • representation - a factual statement made by one party in order to induce another party to enter into a contract
    • declaration - a statement of taxable goods or of dutiable properties
    • assurance - a statement intended to inspire confidence
    • recital - a detailed statement giving facts and figures
    • negation - a negative statement; a statement that is a refusal or denial of some other statement
  2. A fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true (synset 106661469)
    "it was a strong argument that his hypothesis was true"
    is a type of: evidence - an indication that makes something evident
    subtypes:
    • proof - a formal series of statements showing that if one thing is true something else necessarily follows from it
    • counterargument - an argument offered in opposition to another argument
    • pro - an argument in favor of a proposal
    • con - an argument opposed to a proposal
    • case - a statement of facts and reasons used to support an argument
    • clincher, determiner, determining factor - an argument that is conclusive
    • adducing - citing as evidence or proof
    • last word - the final statement in a verbal argument
    • specious argument - an argument that appears good at first view but is really fallacious
    same as: argument
  3. (music) the presentation of a musical theme (synset 107043306)
    "the initial statement of the sonata"
    referred to in: music - an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner
    is a type of: idea, melodic theme, musical theme, theme - (music) melodic subject of a musical composition
    subtypes:
    • augmentation - the statement of a theme in notes of greater duration (usually twice the length of the original)
    • diminution - the statement of a theme in notes of lesser duration (usually half the length of the original)
  4. A nonverbal message (synset 106736201)
    "a Cadillac makes a statement about who you are"; "his tantrums are a statement of his need for attention"
    is a type of: content, message, subject matter, substance - what a communication that is about something is about
  5. The act of affirming or asserting or stating something (synset 107217786)
    is a type of: speech act - the use of language to perform some act
    subtypes: say-so - one chap's arbitrary assertion
    same as: affirmation, assertion
  6. (computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program (synset 106597067)
    referred to in: computer science, computing - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures
    is a type of: code, computer code - (computer science) the symbolic arrangement of data or instructions in a computer program or the set of such instructions
    subtypes:
    • call - an instruction that interrupts the program being executed
    • command line - commands that a user types in order to run an application
    • link - (computing) an instruction that connects one part of a program or an element on a list to another program or list
    • macro, macro instruction - a single computer instruction that results in a series of instructions in machine language
    • system error - an instruction that is either not recognized by an operating system or is in violation of the procedural rules
    • toggle - any instruction that works first one way and then the other; it turns something on the first time it is used and then turns it off the next time
    is a part of: computer program, computer programme, program, programme - (computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute
    same as: command, instruction, program line
  7. A document showing credits and debits (synset 106528586)
    is a type of: commercial document, commercial instrument - a document of or relating to commerce
    subtypes:
    same as: financial statement

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