/stay"teuhs, stat"euhs/ , n.
1. the position of an individual in relation to another or others, esp. in regard to social or professional standing.
2. state or condition of affairs: Arbitration has failed to change the status of the disagreement.
3. Law. the standing of a person before the law.
adj.
4. conferring or believed to confer elevated status: a status car; a status job.
[ 1665-75; sta- (var. s. of stare to STAND) + -tus suffix of v. action ]
Syn. 2. See state .