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:

    “I think, therefore I am is the statement of an intellectual who underrates toothaches.”
    —Milan Kundera (b. 1929)

    “Truth is that concordance of an abstract statement with the ideal limit towards which endless investigation would tend to bring scientific belief, which concordance the abstract statement may possess by virtue of the confession of its inaccuracy and one-sidedness, and this confession is an essential ingredient of truth.”
    —Charles Sanders Peirce (1839–1914)

    “After the first powerful plain manifesto
    The black statement of pistons, without more fuss
    But gliding like a queen, she leaves the station.”
    —Stephen Spender (1909–1995)