stat

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noun

plural stats
: statistic
If he keeps this pace, the incredible Nikola Jokic, at least according to one stat, will have the greatest offensive season in NBA history.Jerry Schemmel
usually used in plural
… journals that keep track of your progress by converting your stats into charts.Vicki Woods
stats demonstrating stark economic disparities …Tim McDonnell
… knew the stats of every Brooklyn Dodgers game.S. L. Price

stat

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adverb

: without delay : immediately
get a doctor stat

stat

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abbreviation

-stat

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noun combining form

1
: stabilizing agent or device
thermostat
2
: instrument for reflecting (something specified) constantly in one direction
heliostat
3
: agent causing inhibition of growth without destruction
bacteriostat

Examples of stat in a Sentence

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Noun
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Adverb
But Lyft insists that in 20 years, that stat will be over 80 percent. Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 16 Oct. 2018 Your eye doctor will treat the condition depending on what caused it, so get in to see them stat. Korin Miller, SELF, 4 May 2018 See More

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Word History

Etymology

Adverb

from stat, abbreviation for L. statim

Noun combining form

New Latin -stata, from Greek -statēs one that stops or steadies, from histanai to cause to stand — more at stand

First Known Use

Noun

circa 1961, in the meaning defined above

Adverb

1875, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of stat was in 1875

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Cite this Entry

“Stat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stat. Accessed 9 Dec. 2023.

Medical Definition

stat

adverb
: statim

Legal Definition

Stat.

abbreviation
statutes

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