stating
Expressing out loud
Stating is expressing something in words, typically in a clear, direct, or formal manner.
To state something is to declare it as fact rather than suggest or imply: After stating his objections, he sat down.
Stating often carries an official or emphatic quality: The document clearly stating the terms of the agreement.
Formal public announcement
- proclamationFormal public announcement
- announcementPublic declaration of information
- pronouncementFormal authoritative statement
- affirmationPositive statement of truth
avowal · averment · claim · contention · allegation · testimony · attestation · asseveration
Making meaning plain
- elucidationAct of explaining clearly
- articulationClear vocal expression
- expressionConveyed thought or feeling
- expositionSystematic explanatory presentation
presentation · description · outlining · detailing · specifying · delineating · setting forth · laying out
Unverified belief accepted as true
- hypothesisTestable proposed explanation
- propositionStatement expressing a judgment
- postulateAssumed starting point
- suppositionBelief without proof
presupposition · stipulation · precondition · given · starting point · basis · foundation · axiom
Written proof or instructions
- recordingCaptured audio or video
- loggingRecording system events
- notingPerceiving and recording
- registeringFormally entering records
entering · filing · reporting · chronicling · inscribing · transcribing · itemizing · cataloging
declaration
Formal public announcement
- proclamationFormal public announcement
- announcementPublic declaration of information
- pronouncementFormal authoritative statement
affirmation · avowal · averment · claim · contention · allegation · testimony · attestation · asseveration · profession
clarification
Making meaning plain
- elucidationAct of explaining clearly
- articulationClear vocal expression
- expressionConveyed thought or feeling
exposition · presentation · description · outlining · detailing · specifying · delineating · setting forth · laying out · spelling out
assumption
Unverified belief accepted as true
- hypothesisTestable proposed explanation
- propositionStatement expressing a judgment
- postulateAssumed starting point
supposition · presupposition · stipulation · precondition · given · starting point · basis · foundation · axiom · principle
documentation
Written proof or instructions
registering · entering · filing · reporting · chronicling · inscribing · transcribing · itemizing · cataloging · listing
- verbal responsesreplying, responding, retorting, confirming, denying
- communicatingtalking, speaking, telling, sharing, expressing
- expressionexpress, convey, communicate, verbal, nonverbal
- vocalizationsspeak, speaking, talking, whisper, shout
- assertionsassertions, asserting, assert, affirm, affirming
- speech actsspeaking, talking, uttering, pronouncement, locution
statingimplying
Suggesting without stating directly
hinting · suggesting · intimating · insinuating · alluding
statingconcealing
Keeping something secret
hiding · suppressing · withholding · covering up · obscuring
statingasking
Posing questions
questioning · inquiring · denying · retracting · querying
- stating the obviousDeclaring the self-evident
- stating facts
state, statement, stated, states, stately, restate, overstate, interstate, understate