stature

C2+ Topic:People & Society

US /ˈstætʃɚ/ UK /ˈstætʃə/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
a person's natural height, or their standing and reputation

His scholarly stature lent weight to every argument he made.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a person's natural height,... height standing reputation status eminence prestige prominence

Opposites

insignificance obscurity

Word family

Related forms statue statute status

Simplified etymology

Stature entered English in the Middle English period through the Latin word family of statuere “set up, place.” It originally meant a person’s height when standing.

Etymology

From Old French 'stature', from Latin 'statura', height, size, from 'stare', to stand.

statura Latin stare Latin *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European

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Topics

People & Society

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# stature

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈstætʃɚ/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈstætʃə/

## Meanings
1. a person's natural height, or their standing and reputation

## Examples
- His scholarly stature lent weight to every argument he made.

## Synonyms
- height
- standing
- reputation
- status
- eminence
- prestige
- prominence

## Antonyms
- insignificance
- obscurity

## Related Forms
- statue
- statute
- status

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: statura
- Root: stare
- Root: *steh₂-

## Etymology
From Old French 'stature', from Latin 'statura', height, size, from 'stare', to stand.

## AI Etymology
Stature is from Old French 'stature', from Latin 'statura', height, size, from 'stare', to stand. Important recorded forms include statura (Latin), stare (Latin), and *steh₂- (Proto-Indo-European). The modern sense continues the older lexical line without requiring a separate origin. In current use it covers a person's natural height, or their standing and reputation. The wider family includes related words such as statue, statute, and status.

## Topics
- People & Society

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