STATURE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

I. (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

height; stature

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("stature" is a kind of...):

bodily property (an attribute of the body)

Attribute:

tall (great in vertical dimension; high in stature)

little; short (low in stature; not tall)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "stature"):

tallness (the property of being taller than average stature)

shortness (the property of being shorter than average stature)

Sense 2

Meaning:

High level of respect gained by impressive development or achievement

Example:

a man of great stature

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("stature" is a kind of...):

esteem; regard; respect (the condition of being honored (esteemed or respected or well regarded))

Credits

Context examples:

Stature that is smaller than normal as expected for age.

(Growth Retardation, NCI Thesaurus)

He must have measured six feet eight or nine inches in stature, and I subsequently learned his weight—240 pounds.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

A dwarf is a person of short stature - under 4' 10" as an adult.

(Dwarfism, NIH)

A figure appeared in the distance before long, and I soon knew it to be Em'ly, who was a little creature still in stature, though she was grown.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

My person was hideous and my stature gigantic.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

Both from his father, the wolf, and from Kiche, he had inherited stature and strength, and already he was measuring up alongside the full-grown dogs.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

The English Bulldog is small in stature, but wide and compact, with a thick, massive head.

(English Bulldog, NCI Thesaurus)

In some faculties of mind he has been, and is, only a child; but he is growing, and some things that were childish at the first are now of man's stature.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

GHR defects cause Laron dwarfism and idiopathic short stature.

(Growth Hormone Receptor, NCI Thesaurus)

A type of osteogenesis imperfecta characterized by bone fractures, bone deformities, short stature, poor muscle development, barrel-shaped chest, and triangular face.