status
US /ˈstætəs/
Definition
the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society
Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.
Examples
You can check the status of your order on our website.
Synonyms
- standingsocial or financial or professional status or reputation
- ranka row or line of people (especially soldiers or police) standing abreast of one another
- statethe territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation
Collocations
- Easy social statusdescribing social status (a party of people assembled to promote sociability and communal activity)
- Medium check order status onlineto check order status online, meaning to examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition
- Hard update regulatory compliance statusto update regulatory compliance status, meaning to modernize or bring up to date
- Very Hard fiercely defend the institutional status quodescribing fiercely defend the institutional status quo (in a physically fierce manner)
Learner's English edition · Curated definitions for TOEIC learners.