statement

noun

1. A declaration or remark.

   “make a statement”

   “publish a statement”

   “utter a statement”

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

   “a bank statement”

4. An instruction in a computer program, especially one that returns no value, as opposed to a function call.

   “In this section we will examine BASIC's primary statement for repeating a string of statements under program control: the FOR statement. Another statement, the NEXT statement, is always used with a FOR statement.”

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

adj

1. (not-comparable)Decisive.

   “Gabriel Martinelli scored a dramatic late winner as Arsenal earned a statement victory over defending Premier League champions Manchester City at Emirates Stadium.”

verb

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