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stature
[
stach
-er
]
Origin
stat·ure
/
ˈstætʃ
ər
/
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[
stach
-er
]
Show IPA
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.
Origin:
1250–1300;
Middle English
<
Old French
estature
<
Latin
statūra,
equivalent to
stat
(
us
) past participle of
stāre
to
stand
+
-ūra
-ure
Can be confused:
statue
,
stature,
statute
.
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World English Dictionary
stature
(ˈstætʃə)
—
n
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
[C13: via Old French from Latin
statūra
, from
stāre
to stand]
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Word Origin & History
stature
c.1300, "height," from O.Fr. stature, from L. statura "height, size of body, size, growth," from stare "to stand," from PIE base *sta- "to stand" (see
stet
). Figurative sense first recorded 1834.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
stature
stat·ure (stāch'ər)
n.
The height of a person.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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