status

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin status. Doublet of state and estate.

noun

1. A person’s condition, position or standing relative to that of others.
   Superstition is highly correlated with economic status.
2. Prestige or high standing.
   The king has status in his kingdom, and the pauper has status within his immediate group of peers. 1957, Gladys Sellew, Paul Hanly Furfey, Sociology and Its Use in Nursing Service, Saunders, page 81
3. A situation or state of affairs.
   What's the status of the investigation?
   New York is known for its status as a financial center.
   If the takeover is approved, Comcast would control 20 of the top 25 cable markets, […]. Antitrust officials will need to consider Comcast's status as a monopsony (a buyer with disproportionate power), when it comes to negotiations with programmers, whose channels it pays to carry. 2014-03-15, “Turn It Off”, in The Economist, volume 410, number 8878
4. (law) The legal condition of a person or thing.
   1. (Canada, usually used to modify another noun) The state (of a Canadian First Nations person) of being registered under the Indian Act.
      He is a status Indian.
5. (social media) A function of some instant messaging applications, whereby a user may post a message that appears automatically to other users, if they attempt to make contact.
   I'm just about to update my status to "busy".
   I read your status last night / You posted that someone else was holding you tight 2012, “Facebook Drama”, performed by Northern Cree
6. (medicine) Short for status epilepticus or status asthmaticus.