n.
Pronunciation: ' st ā t-m ə nt
Function: noun
Date: 1702
1 : something stated: as a : a single declaration or remark : ASSERTION b : a report of facts or opinions
2 : the act or process of stating or presenting orally or on paper
3 : PROPOSITION 2A
4 : the presentation of a theme in a musical composition
5 : a summary of activity in a financial account over a particular period of time
6 : an opinion, comment, or message conveyed indirectly usually by nonverbal means <monuments are statement s in form and space ― O. B. Hardison, Jr.>
7 : an instruction in a computer program