- a social or professional position, condition, or standing to which varying degrees of responsibility, privilege, and esteem are attached
- the relative position or standing of a person or thing
- a high position or standing; prestige: he has acquired a new status since he has been in that job
- the legal standing or condition of a person
- a state of affairs
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
sta•tus /ˈsteɪtəs, ˈstætəs/USA pronunciation
n. [uncountable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- Sociologythe position of an individual in relation to others;
standing:a job of low status. - Sociologyhigh position or standing;
prestige:a person of some status in the community. - state or condition of affairs:What is the status of the contract negotiations?
sta•tus
(stā′təs, stat′əs),USA pronunciation n.
adj.
- Sociologythe position of an individual in relation to another or others, esp. in regard to social or professional standing.
- state or condition of affairs:Arbitration has failed to change the status of the disagreement.
- Lawthe standing of a person before the law.
adj.
- conferring or believed to confer elevated status:a status car; a status job.
- Latin: the condition of standing, stature, status, equivalent. to sta- (variant stem of stāre to stand) + -tus suffix of verb, verbal action
- 1665–75
- 2. See state.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
status /ˈsteɪtəs/ n ( pl -tuses)
'status' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
advancement
- Anguilla
- associate
- beacon status
- born
- cadet
- Canada Day
- canonry
- certificate
- championship
- citizenship
- class
- comeback
- comedown
- common
- compeer
- condition
- coordinate clause
- Dedekind
- defrock
- degrade
- degree
- deity
- demean
- demi-
- devaluation
- diaconate
- diminish
- disafforest
- disbar
- disestablish
- elevate
- episcopate
- equal
- Essex man
- establish
- estate
- fall
- footing
- frock
- fully fledged
- gown
- grave
- harmonization
- heritage
- holy orders
- honorific
- humble
- importance
- infant