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
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
5.the act of affirming or asserting or stating something
6.(computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program
7.a document showing credits and debits