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statue

stat·ue
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [stach-oo]
    • /ˈstætʃ u/
    • /ˈstætʃuː/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [stach-oo]
    • /ˈstætʃ u/

Definitions of statue word

  • noun statue a three-dimensional work of art, as a representational or abstract form, carved in stone or wood, molded in a plastic material, cast in bronze, or the like. 1
  • noun statue three-dimensional sculpture 1
  • countable noun statue A statue is a large sculpture of a person or an animal, made of stone or metal. 0
  • noun statue a wooden, stone, metal, plaster, or other kind of sculpture of a human or animal figure, usually life-size or larger 0
  • noun statue the figure of a person or animal, or an imagined or abstract form, carved in stone, wood, etc., modeled in a plastic substance, or cast in plaster, bronze, etc., esp. when done in the round rather than in relief 0

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Origin of statue

First appearance:

before 1300
One of the 15% oldest English words
1300-50; Middle English < Middle French < Latin statua, noun derivative of statuere to set up, itself derivative of status (see status)

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Statue

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

statue popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

statue usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for statue

noun statue

  • cairn — A cairn is a pile of stones which marks a boundary, a route across rough ground, or the top of a mountain. A cairn is sometimes also built in memory of someone.
  • cairns — a port in NE Australia, in Queensland. Pop: 98 981 (2001)
  • cenotaph — A cenotaph is a structure that is built in honour of soldiers who died in a war.
  • effigy — A sculpture or model of a person.
  • figure — a numerical symbol, especially an Arabic numeral.

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