Stature

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Stature \Stat"ure\ (st[a^]ch"[~e]r; also, st[a^]t"[-u]r; 135),
     n. [F. stature, OF. estature, from L. statura, originally, an
     upright posture; hence, height or size of the body, from
     stare, statum, to stand. See {Stand}.]
     The natural height of an animal body; -- generally used of
     the human body.


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           Foreign men of mighty stature came.      --Dryden.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  stature
       n 1: high level of respect gained by impressive development or
            achievement; "a man of great stature"
       2: natural height of a person or animal in an upright position
          [syn: {height}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  44 Moby Thesaurus words for "stature":
     altitude, authority, caliber, ceiling, consequence, dignity,
     elevation, eminence, exaltation, face, greatness, hauteur, height,
     heighth, high place, highness, importance, influence,
     influentialness, kudos, loftiness, merit, moment,
     perpendicular distance, position, precedence, pressure, prestige,
     priority, prominence, rank, seniority, standing, state, station,
     status, sublimity, tallness, toploftiness, value, virtue, weight,
     weightiness, worth