Status

4 definitions found

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

  Status \Sta"tus\ (st[=a]"t[u^]s), n. [L.]
     State; condition; position of affairs.
     [1913 Webster] Status in quo

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  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: {position}]
       2: a state at a particular time; "a condition (or state) of
          disrepair"; "the current status of the arms negotiations"
          [syn: {condition}]

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

  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
  
  

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  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.