statement
Spoken or written claim
A statement is something expressed in words, spoken or written.
In formal contexts, a statement is a declaration made for the record: The senator released a statement to the press.
A financial statement summarizes transactions.
In logic and programming, a statement is a sentence or instruction that can be evaluated.
To make a statement is also to express something nonverbally—a bold outfit or dramatic gesture can make a statement.
Formal public announcement
- announcementPublic declaration of information
- assertionConfident statement of fact
- affirmationPositive statement of truth
- pronouncementFormal authoritative statement
testimony · oath · avowal · disclosure · revelation · admission · confession · denial
Statement of ownership or truth
- thesisAcademic argument requiring defense
- premiseFoundation for logical argument
- propositionStatement expressing a judgment
- assertionConfident statement of fact
contention · position · conclusion · rebuttal · counterargument · objection · defense · case
Verifiable piece of information
- reportFormal written findings
- accountRecord of dealings
- briefingConcise information session
- updateNew version or information
summary · description · explanation · overview · testimony · deposition · affidavit · record
Fluent and persuasive
- articulateExpress clearly, or well-spoken
- poignantEvoking keen emotion
- evocativeTending to summon memories
- vividIntensely clear and bright
dramatic · powerful · compelling · striking · profound · bold · emphatic · forceful
Authority over a state
- communiqueOfficial public announcement
- decreeAuthoritative legal command
- edictAuthoritative public command
- directiveFormal command or instruction
mandate · bulletin · advisory · memorandum · dispatch · briefing · press release · spokesperson
Steadiness or amount owed
- ledgerFinancial record book
- assetsOwned items of value
- liabilitiesAmounts owed to others
- equityImpartial treatment or ownership value
revenue · expenses · profit · loss · accounting · bookkeeping · transaction · invoice
proclamation
Formal public announcement
- announcementPublic declaration of information
- assertionConfident statement of fact
- affirmationPositive statement of truth
pronouncement · testimony · oath · avowal · disclosure · revelation · admission · confession · denial · retraction
claim
Statement of ownership or truth
- thesisAcademic argument requiring defense
- premiseFoundation for logical argument
- propositionStatement expressing a judgment
assertion · contention · position · conclusion · rebuttal · counterargument · objection · defense · case · proof
fact
Verifiable piece of information
update · summary · description · explanation · overview · testimony · deposition · affidavit · record · documentation
eloquent
Fluent and persuasive
- articulateExpress clearly, or well-spoken
- poignantEvoking keen emotion
- evocativeTending to summon memories
vivid · dramatic · powerful · compelling · striking · profound · bold · emphatic · forceful · unequivocal
government
Authority over a state
- communiqueOfficial public announcement
- decreeAuthoritative legal command
- edictAuthoritative public command
directive · mandate · bulletin · advisory · memorandum · dispatch · briefing · press release · spokesperson · diplomatic
balance
Steadiness or amount owed
- ledgerFinancial record book
- assetsOwned items of value
- liabilitiesAmounts owed to others
equity · revenue · expenses · profit · loss · accounting · bookkeeping · transaction · invoice · billing
- communicationtelephone, conversation, inform, hand signal, messages
- bankingbank, banks, ATM, ATMs, account
- crime investigationdetective, whodunit, investigation, detectives, investigator
- debtdebt, creditor, owe, debtor, lender
- personal financesavings, income, credit, investments, bills
- writingsessay, essays, article, articles, stories
statementquestion
Request for information
inquiry · query · interrogation · request · demand
statementdenial
Refusal to accept reality
retraction · renunciation · disavowal · recantation · negation
statementsilence
Total lack of sound
concealment · evasion · obfuscation · secrecy · omission
- vision statementDeclared organizational aspiration
- bank statementPeriodic financial account summary
- fashion statementClothing chosen for impact
- closing statementFinal remarks in proceedings
- blanket statementAssertion applied universally
- opening statementFirst formal address
overstatement, understatement, statements, restatement, misstatement, counterstatement