Meanings
plural statures
- countableuncountableA person or animal's natural height when standing upright.
- countableuncountableRespect (social standing) coming from achievement or development.
Mount's cool finish from Kane's pass after Raheem Sterling intercepted Berat Djimsiti's pass was another illustration of his growing stature and Chelsea's rising star must surely be a certain starter when England open their Euro 2020 finals campaign against Croatia at Wembley on 13 June.
2021 March 28, Phil McNulty, “Albania 0-2 England”, in BBC Sport - countableobsoleteuncountableStatue.
The golden ſtature of their feathered bird That ſpreads her wings vpon the city wals, Shall not defend it from our battering ſhot.
c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act IIII, scene ii
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinstatūra
- Old Frenchstature
- Middle Englishstature
- Englishstature
From Middle English stature, from Old French stature, from Latin statūra.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian ръст, височина
- ръст (răst)a person or animal's natural height when standing upright
- височина (visočina)a person or animal's natural height when standing upright
- вели́чие (velíčie)respect coming from achievement or development
- велича́вост (veličávost)respect coming from achievement or development
Catalan estatura, talla
- estaturaa person or animal's natural height when standing upright
- tallarespect coming from achievement or development
Chinese Mandarin 身高
- 身高 (shēngāo)a person or animal's natural height when standing upright
German Körpergröße, Statur
- Körpergrößea person or animal's natural height when standing upright
- Statura person or animal's natural height when standing upright
Hungarian termet, magasság
- termeta person or animal's natural height when standing upright
- magassága person or animal's natural height when standing upright
- testmagassága person or animal's natural height when standing upright
- elismertségrespect coming from achievement or development
- kaliberrespect coming from achievement or development
- formátumrespect coming from achievement or development
Latin statūra
- statūraa person or animal's natural height when standing upright
Māori hanga
- hangaa person or animal's natural height when standing upright
Polish wzrost, wysoka pozycja
- wzrosta person or animal's natural height when standing upright
- wysoka pozycjarespect coming from achievement or development
Romanian statură
- staturăa person or animal's natural height when standing upright
Russian рост, кали́бр
- рост (rost)a person or animal's natural height when standing upright
- кали́бр (kalíbr)respect coming from achievement or development
- масшта́б (masštáb)respect coming from achievement or development
Spanish estatura, estatura
- estaturaa person or animal's natural height when standing upright
- estaturarespect coming from achievement or development
- tallarespect coming from achievement or development
- valíarespect coming from achievement or development
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with stature
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Cite this entry
stature. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stature
“stature.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stature. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stature,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stature.
Source: stature on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.