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View synonyms for stature

stature

[ stach-er ]

noun

  1. the height of a human or animal body.
  2. the height of any object.
  3. degree of development attained; level of achievement:

    a minister of great stature.



stature

/ ˈstætʃə /

noun

  1. the height of something, esp a person or animal when standing
  2. the degree of development of a person

    the stature of a champion

  3. intellectual or moral greatness

    a man of stature



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Word History and Origins

Origin of stature1

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

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Word History and Origins

Origin of stature1

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

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Example Sentences

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

Men of his social stature in Mexico do no often appear on police blotters.

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

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

We always thought that this was the film that could get Bennett discovered as a director of international stature.

Their complexion is a light bronze, stunted in stature, well-knit, and about the middle size.

There were the giants, those renowned men that were from the beginning, of great stature, expert in war.

The elegance of his stature and the pensive melancholy of his classic features invested him with a peculiar power of fascination.

Paul was short in stature, somewhat stooping and at the middle age his hair was thin, inclining to baldness.

Jackson is considered by many as second in military stature only to Lee himself.

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