STATURE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does stature mean? 

• STATURE (noun)
  The noun STATURE has 2 senses:

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

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

  Familiarity information: STATURE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STATURE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

High level of respect gained by impressive development or achievement

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Context example:

a man of great stature

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

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

height; stature

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)

 Context examples 

Short stature that usually results from genetic mutations.

(Dwarfism, NCI Thesaurus)

They were all three of the loftiest stature of women.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

This allele, which encodes coiled-coil-helix-coiled-coil-helix domain-containing protein 7, may play a role in the determination of stature.

(CHCHD7 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene may be involved in stature.

(CHCHD7 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

Variation in the gene may influence stature.

(CDK6 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Low free IGF-I and high IGFBP-1 and -2 levels probably contribute to a reduced renal function and lead to a reduced stature.

(Food Intake and Energy Homeostasis Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

Certain allelic variants of the GH1 gene are associated with growth hormone deficiency and short stature.

(GH1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

“Is this Mr. Hyde a person of small stature?” he inquired.

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

They tend to have tall stature and long legs and may have difficulties with speech and language development.

(Klinefelter syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

A disorder characterized by of stature that is smaller than normal as expected for age.

(Growth Retardation, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)