Noun: status stey-tus or sta-tus
- The relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society
"he had the status of a minor"; "the novel attained the status of a classic";
- position
- A state at a particular time
"a status of disrepair"; "the current status of the arms negotiations";
- condition
Derived forms: statuses
See also: dominant, low-class, lower-class, low-level, middle-class, posh [Brit, informal], subordinate, subsidiary, upper-class
Type of: state
Encyclopedia: Status