Status (Latin plural: ''statūs''), is a state, condition, or situation, and may refer to:
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Status (law)
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City
A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be def ...
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Legal status, in law
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Political status, in international law
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Small entity status
In United States patent law, those applying for a patent, i.e. applicants, and patentees may claim a particular status depending on the number of their employees. The fees to be paid to the patent office depend on the applicant's status. The status ...
, in patent law
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Status conference
A status conference is a court-ordered meeting with a judge (or under some circumstances an authorized counsel) where they decide the date of the trial or to get updated information on a defendant for ongoing conditions, set forth previously by the ...
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Status crime
A status offense is an action that is prohibited only to a certain class of people, and most often applied only to Crime, offenses committed by Minor (law), minors.
In the United States, the term status offense also refers to an offense such as ...
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Marital status
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Observer status, in international organizations
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Senior status
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Social status
Social status is the level of social value a person is considered to possess. More specifically, it refers to the relative level of respect, honour, assumed competence, and deference accorded to people, groups, and organizations in a society. Stat ...
, in sociology
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Achieved status
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Ascribed status
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Master status
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Socioeconomic status
Socioeconomic status (SES) is an economic and sociological combined total measure of a person's work experience and of an individual's or family's economic access to resources and social position in relation to others. When analyzing a family's ...
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Sociometric status
Sociometric status is a measurement that reflects the degree to which someone is liked or disliked by their peers as a group. While there are some studies that have looked at sociometric status among adults, the measure is primarily used with child ...
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Status attainment
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Status offense
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Status shift
Social status is the level of social value a person is considered to possess. More specifically, it refers to the relative level of respect, honour, assumed competence, and deference accorded to people, social group, groups, and organizations in a ...
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Status brand
Status brands are brands that, through association, inherently increase their owner's popularity in a certain community.{{Fact, date=October 2007 Unlike luxury brands, status brands are usually available at different price points and thus are ava ...
, in marketing
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Status constructus
In Afro-Asiatic languages, the first noun in a genitive phrase of a possessed noun followed by a possessor noun often takes on a special morphological form, which is termed the construct state (Latin ''status constructus''). For example, in Arabi ...
, a noun form
* Status match, in
frequent-flyer loyalty programs
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Status quo
is a Latin phrase meaning the existing state of affairs, particularly with regard to social, political, religious or military issues. In the sociological sense, the ''status quo'' refers to the current state of social structure and/or values. W ...
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Status symbol
A status symbol is a visible, external symbol of one's social position, an indicator of economic or social status. Many luxury goods are often considered status symbols. ''Status symbol'' is also a sociological term – as part of social and soci ...
Arts, entertainment, and media
* ''Status'', a magazine edited by
Igor Cassini
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Recurring status, in acting
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Status effect, in gaming
Computing
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Exit status, in computer science
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Process states (Process Status)
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Status bar, in user interface design
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Status message (instant messaging)
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Status register, in computer science
Religion
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Oratory status, in churches
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Status of religious freedom by country
The status of religious freedom around the world varies from country to country. States can differ based on whether or not they guarantee equal treatment under law for followers of different religions, whether they establish a state religion ...
Science and healthcare
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Abundance (ecology)
In ecology, local abundance is the relative representation of a species in a particular ecosystem. It is usually measured as the number of individuals found per sample. The ratio of abundance of one species to one or multiple other species living ...
of taxa or biota
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Conservation status of a species
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HIV test (HIV Status)
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Performance status, in medicine
Technology
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HTC Status, or HTC ChaCha, Android smartphone by HTC
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Status tones
In telephony, call progress tones are audible tones that provide an indication of the status of a telephone call to the user. The tones are generated by a central office or a private branch exchange (PBX) to the calling party.
Telecommunication ...
, in telecommunication
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Condition (disambiguation)
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Situation (disambiguation)
Situation and its derivations may refer to:
Situation Common uses
*A concept similar to scenario, relating to a position (location) or a set of circumstances.
*A job People
* ''The Situation'' (TV personality), nickname of American reality TV p ...
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State (disambiguation)
State may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media Literature
* '' State Magazine'', a monthly magazine published by the U.S. Department of State
* ''The State'' (newspaper), a daily newspaper in Columbia, South Carolina, United States
* ''Our ...
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