Etimology
From state + -ment.
noun
statement (plural statements)
A declaration or remark.
A presentation of opinion or position.
(finance) A document that summarizes financial activity.
(computing) An instruction in a computer program, especially one that returns no value, as opposed to a function call.
Examples
make a statement
publish a statement
utter a statement
a bank statement
In this section we will examine BASIC's primary statement for repeating a string of statements under program control: the FOR statement. Another statement, the NEXT statement, is always used with a FOR statement.
However, it is the responsibility of the programmer to ensure that the control ultimately reaches the last statement of the range.
Related words
synonyms
See Thesaurus:statement
adjective
statement (not comparable)
Decisive.
Examples
Gabriel Martinelli scored a dramatic late winner as Arsenal earned a statement victory over defending Premier League champions Manchester City at Emirates Stadium.
Etimology
Back-formation from statementing or back-formation from statemented.
verb
statement (third-person singular simple present statements, present participle statementing, simple past and past participle statemented)
(transitive) To provide an official document of a proposition, especially in the UK a Statement of Special Educational Needs.