SuaviloquyToday’s word

statement

Statement, n.

1. The act of stating, reciting, or presenting, orally or in paper; as, to interrupt a speaker in the statement of his case.

2. That which is stated; a formal embodiment in language of facts or opinions; a narrative; a recital. "Admirable perspicuity of statement!" Brougham.

Shades of meaning

Fernald has no entry of its own for statement; he lists it under report.

Where he writes about it:

A statement is definite, confined to essentials and properly to matters within the personal knowledge of the one who states them; as, an ante-mortem statement. — from report

Synonyms

reportaccountdescriptionnarrationnarrativerecitalrecordrehearsalrelationrumorstorytale

Antonyms

none given

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