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 paper
3 : proposition 2a
4 : the presentation of a theme in a musical composition
5 : a summary of activity in a financial account over a particular period of time
6 : 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