statement

statement (http://definr.com/statement)

     n 1: a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral
          or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc;
          "according to his statement he was in London on that
          day"
     2: a fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is
        true; "it was a strong argument that his hypothesis was
        true" [syn: argument]
     3: (music) the presentation of a musical theme; "the initial
        statement of the sonata"
     4: a nonverbal message; "a Cadillac makes a statement about who
        you are"; "his tantrums are a statement of his need for
        attention"
     5: the act of affirming or asserting or stating something [syn:
         affirmation, assertion]
     6: (computer science) a line of code written as part of a
        computer program [syn: instruction, command, {program
        line}]
     7: a document showing credits and debits [syn: {financial
        statement}]