Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
Your ~ is your social or professional position.
People of higher ~ tend more to use certain drugs.
...women and men of wealth and ~.
...his wife’s former ~ as his secretary.
N-UNCOUNT: usu with supp
2.
Status is the importance and respect that someone has among the public or a particular group.
Nurses are undervalued, and they never enjoy the same ~ as doctors...
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3.
The ~ of something is the importance that people give it.
Those things that can be assessed by external tests are being given unduly high ~...
= importance
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4.
A particular ~ is an official description that says what category a person, organization, or place belongs to, and gives them particular rights or advantages.
Bristol regained its ~ as a city in the local government reorganisation.
...his ~ as a British citizen...
N-UNCOUNT: with supp
5.
The ~ of something is its state of affairs at a particular time.
What is your current financial ~?...
N-UNCOUNT: with supp