Hypertext Webster Gateway: "statement"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Statement \State"ment\, n.
1. The act of stating, reciting, or presenting, orally or in
paper; as, to interrupt a speaker in the statement of his
case.
2. That which is stated; a formal embodiment in language of
facts or opinions; a narrative; a recital. ``Admirable
perspicuity of statement!'' --Brougham.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
statement
n 1: 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"
2: a fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is
true; "it was a strong argument that his hypothesis was
true" [syn: {argument}]
3: (music) the presentation of a musical theme; "the initial
statement of the sonata"
4: a nonverbal message; "a Cadillac makes a statement about who
you are"; "his tantrums are a statement of his need for
attention"
5: the act of affirming or asserting or stating something [syn:
{affirmation}, {assertion}]
6: (computer science) a line of code written as part of a
computer program [syn: {instruction}, {command}, {program
line}]
7: a document showing credits and debits [syn: {financial
statement}]
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