How to spell statement

Statement is spelled S-T-A-T-E-M-E-N-T. Keep the E of state when you add -MENT: state-ment, like basement.

hear itstate·ment/'steɪtmənt/nounRules and real life

What it means: A clear spoken or written announcement.

In a sentence: The teacher made an important statement about the school trip.

Same family: state, statements, stated, stating, declaration. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Statement” comes from the verb “state,” which traces back to Latin “stare,” meaning “to stand.” Over time it came to mean something that “stands” as an official expression, and in computing it now refers to a single instruction that stands as a basic unit in a program.

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