1. 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"
    
2. A fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true
   "it was a strong statement that his hypothesis was true";
   - argument
    
3. The act of affirming, asserting or stating something
   "The CEO's statement clarified the company's position";
   - affirmation, assertion
    
4. A nonverbal message
   "a Cadillac makes a statement about who you are"; "his tantrums are a statement of his need for attention"
    
5. (music) the presentation of a musical theme
   "the initial statement of the sonata"
    
6. (computing) a line of code written as part of a computer program
   "The bug was caused by a single incorrect statement";
   - instruction, command, program line
    
7. A document showing credits and debits
   "The accountant prepared the company's annual financial statement";
   - financial statement

Derived forms: statements

Type of: code, commercial document, commercial instrument, computer code, content, evidence, idea, melodic theme, message, musical theme, speech act, subject matter, substance, theme

Part of: computer program, computer programme [Brit], program, programme [Brit, Cdn]

Encyclopedia: Statement, The