stature

[ stach-er ]

/ ˈstætʃ ər /

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noun

the height of a human or animal body.

the height of any object.

degree of development attained; level of achievement: a minister of great stature.

Origin of stature

1250–1300; Middle English < Old French estature < Latin statūra, equivalent to stat(us) past participle of stāre to stand + -ūra -ure

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH stature

statue stature statute

Words nearby stature

statue, statue of liberty, statued, statuesque, statuette, stature, statured, status, status asthmaticus, status bar, status epilepticus

Example sentences from the Web for stature

They have the stature and the position and the power to do so.

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No major Hollywood movie star of your stature is out, male or female.

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Neither of them could imagine an identity wholly separate from their stature as a power couple.

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As Bach on the Subways has grown in size and stature, its audience has expanded beyond surprised strangers.

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Dern has fame and the stature and rightful venerability of age on his side, Isaac does not.

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For he was in no sense as nobly human of stature, as deeply aware of the life about him, as Moussorgsky.

Musical Portraits |Paul Rosenfeld
You just try to give these children the power and stature of men and see what they will be like.

Under Western Eyes |Joseph Conrad
The good-wife saw that he was great of stature; and the farm-folk were much afraid of him.

Beowulf |R. W. Chambers
But linear measurements such as the stature cannot be compared with volumetric measurements, such as the weight.

Pedagogical Anthropology |Maria Montessori
Though in stature somewhat below the middle size, he was vigorously and finely formed.

Cassell's History of England, Vol. I (of 9) |Anonymous

British Dictionary definitions for stature

stature

/ (ˈstætʃə) /

noun

the height of something, esp a person or animal when standing

the degree of development of a person the stature of a champion

intellectual or moral greatness a man of stature

Word Origin for stature

C13: via Old French from Latin statūra, from stāre to stand

Medical definitions for stature

stature

[ stăch′ər ]

n.

The height of a person.

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