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Stature

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. The natural height of a human or animal in an upright position.

n. An achieved level; status.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. a person or animal's natural height when standing upright

n. respect coming from achievement or development

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. The natural height of an animal body; -- generally used of the human body.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. The natural height of an animal body; bodily tallness; sometimes, full height: generally used of the human body.

n. A statue.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. high level of respect gained by impressive development or achievement

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

Word Usage

"The murders are garish and gruesome, as Vail investigates the crime scene of each victim, until an important person of stature is horrifically murdered, changing the whole profile of the killer, but also presenting some terrifying links to Vail herself."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

esteem regard respect

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

Thatcher catcher dispatcher hatcher snatcher

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

physique vigor accomplishment intellect dimension