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statement
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?ste?tm(?)nt/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?ste?tm?nt/
- Rhymes: -e?tm?nt
- Hyphenation: state?ment
Etymology 1
From state +? -ment.
Noun
statement (plural statements)
- A declaration or remark.
- A presentation of opinion or position.
- (finance) A document that summarizes financial activity.
- (computing) An instruction in a computer program.
- 1989, M. K. Roy, Debabrata Ghosh Dastidar, COBOL Programming (page 174)
- However, it is the responsibility of the programmer to ensure that the control ultimately reaches the last statement of the range.
- 1989, M. K. Roy, Debabrata Ghosh Dastidar, COBOL Programming (page 174)
Synonyms
- See Thesaurus:statement
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 2
Back-formation from statementing or back-formation from statemented.
Verb
statement (third-person singular simple present statements, present participle statementing, simple past and past participle statemented)
- (transitive) To provide an official document of a proposition, especially in the UK a Statement of Special Educational Needs.
See also
- Special education in England on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Further reading
- statement in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- statement in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- tentmates, testament
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reckoning
English
Etymology
Gerund of the verb reckon, from reckon +? -ing. Compare Dutch rekening, German Rechnung.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???k?n??/
Verb
reckoning
- Present participle and gerund of reckon.
Noun
reckoning (plural reckonings)
- The action of calculating or estimating something.
- When the flames at last began to flicker and subside, his lids fluttered, then drooped?; but he had lost all reckoning of time when he opened them again to find Miss Erroll in furs kneeling on the hearth and heaping kindling on the coals, and her pretty little Alsatian maid beside her, laying a log across the andirons.
- An opinion or judgement.
- A summing up or appraisal.
- The settlement of accounts, as between parties.
- The working out of consequences or retribution for one's actions.
- (archaic) The bill (UK) or check (US), especially at an inn or tavern.
- (archaic) Rank or status.
Synonyms
- (action of calculating or estimating something): calculation, computation; see also Thesaurus:calculation
Translations
Derived terms
- dead reckoning
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