statement

Other forms of statement

plural

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Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about statement

What does statement mean?

statement means "a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc". That is the primary sense; the word has 7 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in statement?

statement has 2 syllables: state-ment. The stress falls on "state". In IPA it is /ˈsteɪtmənt/.

What is another word for statement?

Close synonyms include argument, affirmation, assertion, instruction, command. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is statement a common word?

statement is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with statement?

5 words rhyme with statement. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.