status : Idioms & Phrases

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commission on the status of women

  • noun the commission of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations that is concerned with the status of women in different societies
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high status

  • noun a position of superior status
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higher status

  • noun higher rank than that of others especially by reason of longer service
    seniority; higher rank; higher status.
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junior status

  • noun in a junior position
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  • noun a status defined by law
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low status

  • noun a position of inferior status; low in station or rank or fortune or estimation
    lowliness; lowness.
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lower status

  • noun the state of being inferior
    lower rank; inferiority.
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marital status

  • noun the condition of being married or unmarried
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senior status

  • noun higher rank than that of others especially by reason of longer service
    seniority; higher rank; higher status.
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social status

  • noun position in a social hierarchy
    rank; social rank; social station.
    • the British are more aware of social status than Americans are
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status asthmaticus

  • noun a prolonged and severe asthma attack that does not respond to standard treatment
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status epilepticus

  • noun a condition in which there are continuing attacks of epilepsy without intervals of consciousness; can lead to brain damage and death
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status in quo

Sta"tus in` quo", Sta"tus quo" (Also<
  • Status in quo
  • Status quo
)
Etymology
L., state in which.
Definitions
  1. The state in which anything is already. The phrase is also used retrospectively, as when, on a treaty of place, matters return to the status quo ante bellum, or are left in statu quo ante bellum, i.e., the state (or, in the state) before the war. usu. status quo
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status quo

  • noun the existing state of affairs
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Sta"tus in` quo", Sta"tus quo" (Also<
  • Status in quo
  • Status quo
)
Etymology
L., state in which.
Definitions
  1. The state in which anything is already. The phrase is also used retrospectively, as when, on a treaty of place, matters return to the status quo ante bellum, or are left in statu quo ante bellum, i.e., the state (or, in the state) before the war. usu. status quo
Webster 1913

status seeking

  • noun a drive to acquire power
    power hunger.
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