• (RP) IPA: /ˈsteɪtm(ə)nt/
• (America) IPA: /ˈsteɪtmənt/

From state + -ment.

statement (plural statements)

1. A declaration or remark.

   make a statement

   publish a statement

   utter a statement

2. A presentation of opinion or position.
3. (finance) A document that summarizes financial activity.

   a bank statement

4. (computing) An instruction in a computer program, especially one that returns no value, as opposed to a function call.
   • 1989, M. K. Roy, Debabrata Ghosh Dastidar, COBOL Programming, page 174:

     However, it is the responsibility of the programmer to ensure that the control ultimately reaches the last statement of the range.

• See Thesaurus:statement

• French: déclaration
• German: Aussage, Angabe, Erklärung
• Italian: dichiarazione
• Portuguese: declaração, afirmação
• Russian: заявле́ние
• Spanish: declaración

• French: déclaration
• German: Stellungnahme, Bekundung, Erklärung
• Portuguese: declaração, afirmação
• Russian: изложе́ние
• Spanish: declaración

• French: relevé
• German: Auszug, Kontoauszug
• Italian: rendiconto
• Portuguese: extrato
• Russian: отчёт
• Spanish: resumen

• French: instruction
• German: Anweisung
• Portuguese: declaração
• Russian: опера́тор
• Spanish: instrucción

statement (not comparable)

1. Decisive.

statement (statements, present participle statementing; simple past and past participle statemented)

1. (transitive) To provide an official document of a proposition, especially in the UK a Statement of Special Educational Needs.