Synonyms for Statement
ˈsteɪt məntstate·ment

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1. statement

   Account carries the idea of a commercial summary. A statement is definite, confined to essentials and properly to matters within the personal knowledge of the one who states them; as, an ante-mortem statement. A narrative is a somewhat extended and embellished account of events in order of time, ordinarily with a view to please or entertain. A description gives especial scope to the pictorial element. A report (Latin re, back, and porto, bring), as its etymology implies, is something brought back, as by one sent to obtain information, and may be concise and formal or highly descriptive and dramatic. Compare ALLEGORY; HISTORY; RECORD.

   Synonyms:
   account, description, narration, narrative, recital, record, rehearsal, relation, report, rumor, story, tale

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1. statementnoun

   a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc

   "according to his statement he was in London on that day"

   Synonyms:
   assertion, command, program line, financial statement, argument, affirmation, instruction

2. argument, statementnoun

   a fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true

   "it was a strong argument that his hypothesis was true"

   Synonyms:
   debate, instruction, disceptation, logical argument, argumentation, assertion, command, contention, financial statement, affirmation, argument, tilt, controversy, disputation, line, contestation, arguing, program line, statement, literary argument, line of reasoning, parameter

3. statementnoun

   (music) the presentation of a musical theme

   "the initial statement of the sonata"

   Synonyms:
   assertion, command, program line, financial statement, argument, affirmation, instruction

4. statementnoun

   a nonverbal message

   "a Cadillac makes a statement about who you are"; "his tantrums are a statement of his need for attention"

   Synonyms:
   assertion, command, program line, financial statement, argument, affirmation, instruction

5. affirmation, assertion, statementnoun

   the act of affirming or asserting or stating something

   Synonyms:
   argument, statement, command, averment, program line, avowal, asseveration, financial statement, avouchment, instruction, assertion, affirmation

6. instruction, command, statement, program linenoun

   (computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program

   Synonyms:
   direction, education, bidding, assertion, bid, control, educational activity, instruction, dictation, teaching, affirmation, argument, financial statement, didactics, program line, statement, command, mastery, pedagogy

7. statement, financial statementnoun

   a document showing credits and debits

   Synonyms:
   statement, command, program line, argument, financial statement, instruction, assertion, affirmation

Matched Categories

1. • Code
   • Commercial Document
   • Computer Science
   • Evidence
   • Message
   • Music
   • Speech Act
   • Theme

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1. statementnoun

   Synonyms:
   specification, mention, announcement, report, account, recital, relation, narration, description

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1. statementnoun

   Synonyms:
   assertion, affirmation, specification, avowal, averment, narration, dictum

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1. List of paraphrases for "statement":

   declaration, return, statements, state, assertion, declarations, speech, explanation, presentation, affirmation, intervention, briefing, floor, communiqué, speak, reporting, communication, judgement, announcement, exposure, explanatory, instruction, pronouncement, testimony, enunciated, sentence, declaración

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1. Dean Holmes:

   Its a political statement to White folks who are uncomfortable with Black issues.

2. Steve Spina:

   It's tempting to blame a warming climate and warming waters, but it's hard to really make that statement without having a lot of good data to back it up, you really need some numbers and some time to sort of start drawing conclusions.

3. Jessi Miley-Dyer:

   It was an important statement to make around the value of our athletes. More than anything, it speaks to the emphasis on women’s surfing. We believe men and women are valued the same, it’s the right thing to do.

4. Robert Collier:

   One comes to believe whatever one repeats to oneself sufficiently often, whether the statement be true of false. It comes to be dominating thought in one's mind.

5. Wasserman Schultz:

   Cavalier analogies to the Holocaust are unacceptable. Mike Huckabee must apologize to the Jewish community and to the American people for this grossly irresponsible statement.