status

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
status
    n 1: the relative position or standing of things or especially
         persons in a society; "he had the status of a minor"; "the
         novel attained the status of a classic"; "atheists do not
         enjoy a favorable position in American life" [syn:
         {status}, {position}]
    2: a state at a particular time; "a condition (or state) of
       disrepair"; "the current status of the arms negotiations"
       [syn: {condition}, {status}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Status \Sta"tus\ (st[=a]"t[u^]s), n. [L.]
   State; condition; position of affairs.
   [1913 Webster] Status in quo
    
from Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
STATUS. The condition of persons. It also means estate, because it signifies 
the condition or circumstances in which the owner stands with regard to his 
property. 2 Bouv. Inst. n. 1689. 
    
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
99 Moby Thesaurus words for "status":
      angle, base, bearings, blood, bracket, branch, cachet, caliber,
      capacity, case, caste, category, character, circumstance, clan,
      class, condition, consequence, dignity, distance, distinction,
      division, echelon, eminence, estate, face, fix, footing, grade,
      ground, group, grouping, head, heading, hierarchy, high place,
      importance, jam, kin, kudos, label, level, location, lot, merit,
      modality, mode, order, part, pass, perspective, pickle, pigeonhole,
      place, plight, position, post, posture, power structure,
      precedence, predicament, prestige, prominence, quality, race, rank,
      rate, rating, relation, renown, reputation, repute, role, rubric,
      seat, section, sept, set, significance, situation, sphere, spot,
      stage, stand, standing, state, state of affairs, station, stature,
      status quo, strain, stratum, subdivision, subgroup, suborder,
      title, venue, viewpoint, worth

    

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