Main Entry:

state·ment

Pronunciation:

\ˈstāt-mənt\

Function:

noun

Date:

1702

1: something stated: as a: a single declaration or remark : assertion b: a report of facts or opinions 2: the act or process of stating or presenting orally or on paper3: proposition 2a4: the presentation of a theme in a musical composition5: a summary of activity in a financial account over a particular period of time6: an opinion, comment, or message conveyed indirectly usually by nonverbal means <monuments are statements in form and space — O. B. Hardison, Jr.>7: an instruction in a computer program