Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Statement \State"ment\, n.
   1. The act of stating, reciting, or presenting, orally or in
      paper; as, to interrupt a speaker in the statement of his
      case.

   2. That which is stated; a formal embodiment in language of
      facts or opinions; a narrative; a recital. ``Admirable
      perspicuity of statement!'' --Brougham.

Source : WordNet®

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}]