Definition of "status"

status

/ˈsteɪ.təs/

noun
countable and uncountable, plural statuses or status
1. A person’s condition, position or standing relative to that of others.
2. Prestige or high standing.
  Quotations
  The king has status in his kingdom, and the pauper has status within his immediate group of peers.
  1957, Gladys Sellew, Paul Hanly Furfey, Sociology and Its Use in Nursing Service, Saunders, page 81
  It is no secret that the military was a bastion of racism and sexism keeping blacks and women in the housekeeping and other non-status jobs.
  1979 April 28, Mary A. Lowry, “Those Wonderful Women in Their Flying Machines (review)”, in Gay Community News, page 10
3. A situation or state of affairs.
  Quotations
  If the takeover is approved, Comcast would control 20 of the top 25 cable markets, […]. Antitrust officials will need to consider Comcast's status as a monopsony (a buyer with disproportionate power), when it comes to negotiations with programmers, whose channels it pays to carry.
  2014 March 15, “Turn It Off”, in The Economist, volume 410, number 8878
4. (law) The legal condition of a person or thing.
  1. (Canada, usually used to modify another noun) The state (of a Canadian First Nations person) of being registered under the Indian Act.
5. (social media) A function of some instant messaging applications, whereby a user may post a message that appears automatically to other users, if they attempt to make contact.
  Quotations
  I read your status last night / You posted that someone else was holding you tight
  2012, “Facebook Drama”, performed by Northern Cree
6. (medicine) Short for status epilepticus or status asthmaticus.