Betekenis van status In het Nederlands

• 0 an accepted or official position, especially in a social group:

  • The association works to promote the status of retired people as useful members of the community.

  • There has been an increase in applications for refugee status.

  • The success of her book has given her unexpected celebrity status.

  • Applicants should have a degree or a qualification of equal status.

• 1 the amount of respect, admiration, or importance given to a person, organization, or object:

  • high/low status

  • As the daughter of the president, she enjoys high status among her peers.

  • The leaders were often more concerned with status and privilege than with the problems of the people.

• 2 on a social media website, especially Facebook™, a piece of information that you publish about yourself telling people what you are doing, thinking, etc. at a particular time

• 3 position or rank, esp. in a social group or legal system:

  • The association works to promote the status of retired people as active and useful members of the community.

  • The type of treatment used will depend on the patient’s health status.

• 4 the position of respect and importance given to someone or something:

  • The leaders often seemed to be more concerned with status and privilege than with the problems of the people.

• 5 the official or legal position of a person or organization:

  • Employers are required to check the legal status of their new hires to ensure that they are eligible to work.

  • The group was granted charitable status.

  • change the status of sb/sth He needs to get a permit to change the land's status from agriculture to industrial.

  • The qualification will raise her status to staff nurse.

• 6 the situation at the present time:

  • Everybody is concerned right now with the financial status of the whole country.

  • Your order status has changed to "Dispatched".

• 7 the level or position of someone or something in relation to others in a group:

  • high/low status We have a much higher number of women workers in low-paid, low-status jobs.

  • They want to improve the status of women.

  • sb/sth's status as sth London's status as Europe's leading aviation hub

  • Developers are cashing in on the area's newly hip status.

• 8 a high position within a social group:

  • There is prestige and social status attached to ownership of certain brands.

  • Suits were a sign of status.