status

Definitions


[ˈsteɪtəs], (Noun)

Definitions:
- relative social or professional position; standing
(e.g: an improvement in the status of women)

- the situation at a particular time during a process
(e.g: an update on the status of the bill)


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Origin:
late 16th century (in the sense ‘stature, height’): from Latin, literally ‘standing’, from stare ‘to stand’


[ˈsteɪtəs], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- (in Canada) denoting or relating to a First Nations person who is registered with the federal government under the Indian Act
(e.g: the person who started the union drive is a status Indigenous man)


Phrases:

Origin:
late 16th century (in the sense ‘stature, height’): from Latin, literally ‘standing’, from stare ‘to stand’




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