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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Status \Sta"tus\ (st[=a]"t[u^]s), noun [L.] State; condition; position of affairs.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
status
noun
1: 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"; "atheists do not enjoy a favorable position in American life" [syn: {position}]
2: a state at a particular time; "a condition (or state) of disrepair"; "the current status of the arms negotiations" [syn: {condition}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
99 Moby Thesaurus words for "status": angle, base, bearings, blood, bracket, branch, cachet, caliber, capacity, case, caste, category, character, circumstance, clan, class, condition, consequence, dignity, distance, distinction, division, echelon, eminence, estate, face, fix, footing, grade, ground, group, grouping, head, heading, hierarchy, high place, importance, jam, kin, kudos, label, level, location, lot, merit, modality, mode, order, part, pass, perspective, pickle, pigeonhole, place, plight, position, post, posture, power structure, precedence, predicament, prestige, prominence, quality, race, rank, rate, rating, relation, renown, reputation, repute, role, rubric, seat, section, sept, set, significance, situation, sphere, spot, stage, stand, standing, state, state of affairs, station, stature, status quo, strain, stratum, subdivision, subgroup, suborder, title, venue, viewpoint, worth
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