Statement

Statement may refer to:

  • A kind of Expression (language) in language (linguistics)
  • Statement (logic), declarative sentence that is either true or false
  • Statement (computer science), the smallest standalone element of an imperative programming language
  • "Statement" (song), 2008 song by the Japanese band Boris
  • Statements (album), 1962 album by jazz vibraphonist Milt Jackson
  • Financial statements, formal records of the financial activities of a business, person, or other entity
  • Mathematical statement, a statement in logic and mathematics
  • Political statement, any act or nonverbal form of communication that is intended to influence a decision to be made for or by a group
  • Press statement, written or recorded communication directed at members of the news media
  • Statement of Special Educational Needs, outlining specific provision needed for a child in England
  • a paper size also known as organizer L or half letter

Famous quotes containing the word statement:

    “No statement about God is simply, literally true. God is far more than can be measured, described, defined in ordinary language, or pinned down to any particular happening.”
    —David Jenkins (b. 1925)

    “He has the common feeling of his profession. He enjoys a statement twice as much if it appears in fine print, and anything that turns up in a footnote ... takes on the character of divine revelation.”
    —Margaret Halsey (b. 1910)

    “It is commonplace that a problem stated is well on its way to solution, for statement of the nature of a problem signifies that the underlying quality is being transformed into determinate distinctions of terms and relations or has become an object of articulate thought.”
    —John Dewey (1859–1952)