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Synonyms for stature

Grammar : Noun
Spell : stach-er
Phonetic Transcription : ˈstætʃ ər

Top 10 synonyms for stature
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Définition of stature

Origin :
  • c.1300, "height," from Old French stature, from Latin statura "height, size of body, size, growth," from stare "to stand," from PIE root *sta- "to stand," with derivatives meaning "place or thing that is standing" (see stet). Figurative sense first recorded 1834.
  • noun importance
Example sentences :
  • They understand it, up to the level of their own stature; they know who loves them, but not who loves virtue.
  • Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
  • In stature he was about five feet eleven inches, and was apparently as agile as a leopard.
  • Extract from : « Ridgeway » by Scian Dubh
  • Some of these, it was said, were of nearly twice his stature.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 4 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • He was then not quite forty years of age, almost of my stature--that is to say, a tall man.
  • Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic
  • He was somewhat beneath my stature, but formed with perfect delicacy.
  • Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic
  • Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?
  • Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. II » by Francis Augustus Cox
  • It happened that he topped Kirkwood's stature by at least five inches.
  • Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance
  • The Germans pride themselves in their tallness of stature and skill in magic.
  • Extract from : « The Praise of Folly » by Desiderius Erasmus
  • Is he not as I described him, a giant in stature and of wondrous strength?
  • Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • The Italian soldier is not impressive as to stature, but he is tough and enduring.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of VIII) » by Various

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