different between statement vs reflection

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)

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.
   • 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.

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)

1. (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

English

Alternative forms

• reflexion

Etymology

From Middle French reflexion, reflection, and its source Late Latin reflexio, from the participle stem of reflectere. The current spelling is influenced by reflect.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???fl?k??n/
• Hyphenation: re?flec?tion
• Rhymes: -?k??n

Noun

reflection (countable and uncountable, plural reflections)

1. The act of reflecting or the state of being reflected.
2. The property of a propagated wave being thrown back from a surface (such as a mirror).
3. Something, such as an image, that is reflected.

5. Careful thought or consideration.
6. An implied criticism.

7. (computing) The process or mechanism of determining the capabilities of an object at run-time.
8. (anatomy) The folding of a part; a fold.

Derived terms

Related terms

• reflect
• reflective
• reflector

Translations

See also

• refraction
• diffraction