stat

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noun

ˈstat 

plural stats

: statistic

If he keeps this pace, the incredible Nikola Jokic, at least according to one stat, will have the greatest offensive season in NBA history.

—Jerry Schemmel

—usually used in plural

… journals that keep track of your progress by converting your stats into charts.

—Vicki Woods

… stats demonstrating stark economic disparities …

—Tim McDonnell

… knew the stats of every Brooklyn Dodgers game.

—S. L. Price

stat

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adverb

: without delay : immediately

get a doctor stat

stat

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abbreviation

statute

-stat

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noun combining form

1

: stabilizing agent or device

thermostat

2

: instrument for reflecting (something specified) constantly in one direction

heliostat

3

: agent causing inhibition of growth without destruction

bacteriostat

Examples of stat in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

Every year the stats on cyber-attacks seem to get spookier! —Chuck Brooks, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2024

Stunning stat: The Trump campaign alone has spent more than $30 million on trans-focused ads (including one in Spanish) in the past 36 days, according to AdImpact data. —Axios, 25 Oct. 2024

Adverb

But Lyft insists that in 20 years, that stat will be over 80 percent. —Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 16 Oct. 2018

Your eye doctor will treat the condition depending on what caused it, so get in to see them stat. —Korin Miller, SELF, 4 May 2018

Word History

Etymology

Adverb

from stat, abbreviation for L. statim

Noun combining form

New Latin -stata, from Greek -statēs one that stops or steadies, from histanai to cause to stand — more at stand

First Known Use

Noun

circa 1961, in the meaning defined above

Adverb

1875, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing stat

• stat sheet

Medical Definition

stat

adverb

ˈstat 

: statim

Legal Definition

Stat.

abbreviation

statutes