statement

summary, sum-up - a brief statement that presents the main points in a concise form; "he gave a summary of the conclusions"

pleading - (law) a statement in legal and logical form stating something on behalf of a party to a legal proceeding

amendment - a statement that is added to or revises or improves a proposal or document (a bill or constitution etc.)

thing - a statement regarded as an object; "to say the same thing in other terms"; "how can you say such a thing?"

true statement, truth - a true statement; "he told the truth"; "he thought of answering with the truth but he knew they wouldn't believe it"

declaration - a statement that is emphatic and explicit (spoken or written)

Bill of Rights - a statement of fundamental rights and privileges (especially the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution)

formula - a conventionalized statement expressing some fundamental principle

bidding, bid - (bridge) the number of tricks a bridge player is willing to contract to make

word - a brief statement; "he didn't say a word about it"

explanation, account - a statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc.; "the explanation was very simple"; "I expected a brief account"

explanandum, explicandum - (logic) a statement of something (a fact or thing or expression) to be explained

explanans - (logic) statements that explain the explicandum; the explanatory premises

value statement - a statement of the desirability of something

representation - a statement of facts and reasons made in appealing or protesting; "certain representations were made concerning police brutality"

answer, result, solution, solvent, resolution - a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem; "they were trying to find a peaceful solution"; "the answers were in the back of the book"; "he computed the result to four decimal places"

answer, reply, response - a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation; "I waited several days for his answer"; "he wrote replies to several of his critics"

promulgation, announcement - a public statement containing information about an event that has happened or is going to happen; "the announcement appeared in the local newspaper"; "the promulgation was written in English"

proposition - (logic) a statement that affirms or denies something and is either true or false

quotation - a statement of the current market price of a security or commodity

understatement - a statement that is restrained in ironic contrast to what might have been said

reservation, qualification - a statement that limits or restricts some claim; "he recommended her without any reservations"

commentary, comment - a written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material; "he wrote an extended comment on the proposal"

comment, remark, input - a statement that expresses a personal opinion or belief or adds information; "from time to time she contributed a personal comment on his account"

rhetorical question - a statement that is formulated as a question but that is not supposed to be answered; "he liked to make his points with rhetorical questions"

misstatement - a statement that contains a mistake

agreement, understanding - the statement (oral or written) of an exchange of promises; "they had an agreement that they would not interfere in each other's business"; "there was an understanding between management and the workers"

term, condition - (usually plural) a statement of what is required as part of an agreement; "the contract set out the conditions of the lease"; "the terms of the treaty were generous"

estimate - a statement indicating the likely cost of some job; "he got an estimate from the car repair shop"

chemical formula, formula - a representation of a substance using symbols for its constituent elements

evidence - an indication that makes something evident; "his trembling was evidence of his fear"

proof - a formal series of statements showing that if one thing is true something else necessarily follows from it

counterargument - an argument offered in opposition to another argument

pro - an argument in favor of a proposal

con - an argument opposed to a proposal

case - a statement of facts and reasons used to support an argument; "he stated his case clearly"

adducing - citing as evidence or proof

last word - the final statement in a verbal argument; "she always gets the last word"

specious argument - an argument that appears good at first view but is really fallacious

music - an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner

melodic theme, musical theme, theme, idea - (music) melodic subject of a musical composition; "the theme is announced in the first measures"; "the accompanist picked up the idea and elaborated it"

augmentation - the statement of a theme in notes of greater duration (usually twice the length of the original)

diminution - the statement of a theme in notes of lesser duration (usually half the length of the original)

speech act - the use of language to perform some act

say-so - one chap's arbitrary assertion

computer science, computing - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures

computer code, code - (computer science) the symbolic arrangement of data or instructions in a computer program or the set of such instructions

call - an instruction that interrupts the program being executed; "Pascal performs calls by simply giving the name of the routine to be executed"

command line - commands that a user types in order to run an application

link - (computing) an instruction that connects one part of a program or an element on a list to another program or list

macro, macro instruction - a single computer instruction that results in a series of instructions in machine language

system error - an instruction that is either not recognized by an operating system or is in violation of the procedural rules

toggle - any instruction that works first one way and then the other; it turns something on the first time it is used and then turns it off the next time

bank statement - a periodic statement prepared by a bank for each client; "I wish my bank statement arrived earlier in the month"

invoice, bill, account - an itemized statement of money owed for goods shipped or services rendered; "he paid his bill and left"; "send me an account of what I owe"

account statement, accounting, account - a statement of recent transactions and the resulting balance; "they send me an accounting every month"