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
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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