statement
n.
something stated, declaration; allegation; official account; printed record of account activity; instruction written in a high-level programming language (Computers)
Statement
statement
Noun
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"
(hypernym) message, content, subject matter, substance
(hyponym) summary
(derivation) state, say, tell
2. a fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true; "it was a strong argument that his hypothesis was true"
(synonym) argument
(hypernym) evidence
(hyponym) proof
(derivation) submit, state, put forward, posit
3. (music) the presentation of a musical theme; "the initial statement of the sonata"
(hypernym) theme, melodic theme, musical theme, idea
(hyponym) augmentation
(classification) music
4. a nonverbal message; "a Cadillac makes a statement about who you are"; "his tantrums are a statement of his need for attention"
(hypernym) message, content, subject matter, substance
5. the act of affirming or asserting or stating something
(synonym) affirmation, assertion
(hypernym) speech act
(hyponym) say-so
(derivation) submit, state, put forward, posit
6. (computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program
(synonym) instruction, command, program line
(hypernym) code, computer code
(hyponym) call
(part-holonym) program, programme, computer program, computer programme
(classification) computer science, computing
7. a document showing credits and debits
(synonym) financial statement
(hypernym) commercial document, commercial instrument
(hyponym) bank statement
Statement
(n.)
The act of stating, reciting, or presenting, orally or in paper; as, to interrupt a speaker in the statement of his case.
(n.)
That which is stated; a formal embodiment in language of facts or opinions; a narrative; a recital.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
statement
1. In programming languages, a
language construct that represents a
set of declarations or a step in a
sequence of actions. 2. In
computer programming, a symbol
string or other arrangement of symbols. 3. In computer programming, a meaningful expression or generalized
instruction, represented in a
source language.