Meaning

3 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)A person or animal's natural height when standing upright.

    Körpergröße, Statur

    ростrost

    (of a standing person) the distance from head to foot

  2. (countable, uncountable)Respect (social standing) coming from achievement or development.

    кали́брkalíbr, масшта́бmasštáb

    high level of respect gained by impressive development or achievement

  3. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)Statue.

Examples

21 sentences
  1. I need men of solid stature.

  2. His short stature makes him feel insecure.

    ruНевысокий рост заставляет его чувствовать себя беззащитным. — kukla

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  3. He is a man of short stature.

  4. She's small in stature, but immense in intellect.

    deSie ist klein an Gestalt, doch groß im Geiste. — DJ_Saidez

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  5. Dmitri is not a man of small stature.

Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
a person or animal's natural height when standing upright:
respect coming from achievement or development:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
a person or animal's natural height when standing upright:

Origin

From Middle English stature, from Old French stature, from Latin statūra.

From Middle English stature, from Old French stature, from Latin statūra.

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Forms

plural: statures
Singularstature
Pluralstatures

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • (of a standing person) the distance from head to foot:height

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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