Definition of statement
1
: something stated: such 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
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
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The first known use of statement was in 1702
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