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1 N‑COUNT [usu pl] Statistics are facts which are obtained from analysing information expressed in numbers, for example information about the number of times that something happens. □  Official statistics show real wages declining by 24%. □  There are no reliable statistics for the number of deaths in the battle.

2 → see also vital statistics

3 N‑UNCOUNT Statistics is a branch of mathematics concerned with the study of information that is expressed in numbers. □  …a professor of Mathematical Statistics.

sta|tis|ti|cal /stət I st I k ^ə l/ ADJ [usu ADJ n] Statistical means relating to the use of statistics. □  The report contains a great deal of statistical information. ●  sta|tis|ti|cal|ly /stət I st I kli/ ADV [ADV adj] □  The results are not statistically significant.

stat|is|ti|cian /stæ t I st I ʃ ^ə n/ (statisticians ) N‑COUNT A statistician is a person who studies statistics or who works using statistics.

stats /stæ ts/

1 N‑PLURAL Stats are facts which are obtained from analysing information expressed in numbers. Stats is an abbreviation for 'statistics'. [INFORMAL ] □  …a fall in April's retail sales stats.

2 N‑UNCOUNT Stats is a branch of mathematics concerned with the study of information that is expressed in numbers. [INFORMAL ]

statu|ary /stæ tʃuəri, [AM ] -ueri/ N‑UNCOUNT If you talk about the statuary in a place, you are referring to all the statues and sculpture there. [FORMAL ]

statue /stæ tʃuː/ (statues ) N‑COUNT A statue is a large sculpture of a person or an animal, made of stone or metal.

statu|esque /stæ tʃue sk/ ADJ [usu ADJ n] A statuesque woman is big and tall, and stands straight. [WRITTEN ] □  She was a statuesque brunette.

statu|ette /stæ tʃue t/ (statuettes ) N‑COUNT A statuette is a very small sculpture of a person or an animal which is often displayed on a shelf or stand.

stat|ure /stæ tʃə ^r /

1 N‑UNCOUNT [usu with poss, in N ] Someone's stature is their height. □  It's more than his physical stature that makes him remarkable. □  She was a little short in stature.

2 N‑UNCOUNT [usu with poss, oft in N ] The stature of a person is the importance and reputation that they have. □  Who can deny his stature as the world's greatest cellist?

sta|tus ◆◆◇ /ste I təs/

1 N‑UNCOUNT Your status is your social or professional position. □  The fact that the burial involved an expensive coffin signifies that the person was of high status. □  …women and men of wealth and status. □  … her former status as a vice-president of the Spanish Athletics Federation.

2 N‑UNCOUNT Status is the importance and respect that someone has among the public or a particular group. □  Nurses are undervalued, and they never enjoy the same status as doctors.

3 N‑UNCOUNT The status of something is the importance that people give it. □  Those things that can be assessed by external tests are being given unduly high status.

4 N‑UNCOUNT A particular status is an official description that says what category a person, organization, or place belongs to, and gives them particular rights or advantages. □ [+ as ] Bristol regained its status as a city in the local government reorganisation. □ [+ as ] …his status as a British citizen.

5 N‑UNCOUNT The status of something is its state of affairs at a particular time. □  What is your current financial status?

sta|tus quo /ste I təs kwoʊ / N‑SING The status quo is the state of affairs that exists at a particular time, especially in contrast to a different possible state of affairs. □  They have no wish for any change in the status quo.