Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun statement

7 senses of statement

Sense 1
statement -- (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")
       => message, content, subject matter, substance -- (what a communication that is about something is about)

Sense 2
argument, statement -- (a fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true; "it was a strong argument that his hypothesis was true")
       => evidence -- (an indication that makes something evident; "his trembling was evidence of his fear")

Sense 3
statement -- ((music) the presentation of a musical theme; "the initial statement of the sonata")
       => theme, melodic theme, musical theme, idea -- ((music) melodic subject of a musical composition; "the theme is announced in the first measures"; "the accompanist picked up the idea and elaborated it")

Sense 4
statement -- (a nonverbal message; "a Cadillac makes a statement about who you are"; "his tantrums are a statement of his need for attention")
       => message, content, subject matter, substance -- (what a communication that is about something is about)

Sense 5
affirmation, assertion, statement -- (the act of affirming or asserting or stating something)
       => speech act -- (the use of language to perform some act)

Sense 6
instruction, command, statement, program line -- ((computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program)
       => code, computer code -- ((computer science) the symbolic arrangement of data or instructions in a computer program or the set of such instructions)

Sense 7
statement, financial statement -- (a document showing credits and debits)
       => commercial document, commercial instrument -- (a document of or relating to commerce)