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# statement

noun (a statement, statements)

«statement» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A statement is something you say or write that tells a fact or an idea. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/statement/#m1)
2. In grammar, a statement is a sentence that tells something and ends with a full stop. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/statement/#m2)
3. A statement is a formal announcement, or what a person tells the police. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/statement/#m3)
4. A bank statement is a list of the money going in and out of an account. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/statement/#m4)

### In the lessons

In English lessons, children sort sentences into statements, questions, commands and exclamations. In maths, they decide whether a statement is true or false («All squares are rectangles» is true) and give examples or counterexamples. In news, people make official statements. Phrases: make a statement, true or false statement, bank statement, statement of fact.

### Examples

- «The sky is blue» is a statement. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/statement/#x1)
- A statement ends with a full stop. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/statement/#x2)
- Is this statement true or false: 7 is an even number? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/statement/#x3)
- The head teacher made a statement about the school trip. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/statement/#x4)
- The witness gave a statement to the police. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/statement/#x5)
- Write two statements and one question about your picture. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/statement/#x6)
- Mum checked the bank statement. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/statement/#x7)
- Prove the statement with an example. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/statement/#x8)
- So far his statement is true. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/statement/#x9)

### Note

Countable: a statement, statements. In grammar, statement ≠ question (ends with ?) ≠ command (tells you to do something) ≠ exclamation (ends with !). In maths, one counterexample is enough to show a statement is false.

## In Jewish tradition

It is a thing said, here a scholar's quotation from Sefer Yetzirah on creation from nothing.

**Interpretation.** Sefer Yetzirah is read as teaching that God made existence out of void. Medieval thinkers debated whether this means creation from nothing.

### Examples

- This is at variance with tlie Sefer Yetzirah, which emphasizes the doctrine of creation from nothing by the statement: "He (Godi formed existence out of void, something out of nothing" (Mishnah '22i. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/statement/#x1)

### Note

Countable: a statement, statements. In grammar, statement ≠ question (ends with ?) ≠ command (tells you to do something) ≠ exclamation (ends with !). In maths, one counterexample is enough to show a statement is false.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «statement» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/statement/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«statement» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/statement.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «statement» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/statement/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«statement» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/statement.html) on Mova free.