noun

• A person’s condition, position or standing relative to that of others.
• Prestige or high standing.
• A situation or state of affairs.
• (law) The legal condition of a person or thing.
• (Canada, usually used to modify another noun) The state (of a Canadian First Nations person) of being registered under the Indian Act.
• (social media) A function of some instant messaging applications, whereby a user may post a message that appears automatically to other users, if they attempt to make contact.
• (medicine) Short for status epilepticus or status asthmaticus.