status

Noun

1. A person’s condition, position or standing relative to that of others.
   • Superstition is highly correlated with economic status.
   • This time, there’s no great discrepancy in status; both fiancés are part of the urban, white-collar middle class. - 2026 May 27, Judy Berman, “When Did On-Screen Weddings Get So Bleak?”, in TIME, archived from the...
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:
   • It is no secret that the military was a bastion of racism and sexism keeping blacks and women in the housekeeping and other non-status jobs. - 1979 April 28, Mary A. Lowry, “Those Wonderful Women in Their Flying...
3. A situation or state of affairs.
   • Near-synonym: footing
   • What's the status of the investigation?
   • New York is known for its status as a financial center.

   Synonyms: footing

4. 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. 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. Short for status epilepticus or status asthmaticus.