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    stat
    adverb
    with no delay: (used especially in medical contexts in reference to the administration of a drug or as a medical directive): The patient was given a stat dose of morphine.
  • -stat
    -stat
    a combining form used in the names of devices that stabilize or make constant what is specified by the initial element.
  • stat.
    stat.
    abbreviation
    (in prescriptions) immediately.
Synonyms

stat

1 American  
[stat] / stæt /

adverb

Informal.

  1. with no delay: (used especially in medical contexts in reference to the administration of a drug or as a medical directive): The patient was given a stat dose of morphine.

    Blood work will be done stat.

    The patient was given a stat dose of morphine.

    I need a copy of the spreadsheet, stat!
stat 2 American  
[stat] / stæt /

noun

  1. statistic.

  2. Usually stats statistics.

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or containing statistics.

    Some sports fans memorize all the stat sheets published about a team.
stat 3 American  
[stat] / stæt /

noun

  1. Also 'stat thermostat.

  2. photostat.

-stat 4 American  

  1. a combining form used in the names of devices that stabilize or make constant what is specified by the initial element.

    thermostat; rheostat.
stat. 5 American  

abbreviation

  1. (in prescriptions) immediately.

stat. 6 American  

abbreviation

  1. statuary.

  2. statue.

  3. statute.

stat. 1 British  

abbreviation

  1. (in prescriptions) immediately

  2. stationary

  3. statute

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-stat 2 British  

combining form

  1. indicating a device that causes something to remain stationary or constant

    thermostat
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Etymology

Origin of stat1

First recorded in 1875–80; from Latin statim “immediately, at once”

Origin of stat2

First recorded in 1950–55; by shortening

Origin of stat3

First recorded in 1955–60; by shortening

Origin of -stat4

< Greek -statēs, equivalent to sta- (stem of histánai to make stand; see stand) + -tēs agent noun suffix

Origin of stat.5

see origin at stat 1 ( def. )

Example Sentences

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A telling stat is that only eight of the 487 goals in this season's Champions League league phase were scored by Italians.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

But by the end of the night, only one stat mattered to Adebayo and the Heat.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

A supportive stat for markets overall that he points to is the so-called January barometer.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 26, 2026

About the only thing missing from his stat line was a touchdown -- something he was denied when a 49-yard charge to the end zone was disallowed after a holding call on center Jalen Sundell.

From Barron's • Feb. 9, 2026

“Seventy-five percent from the free-throw line,” Coach Swieteck said, which is a stat that he was probably stretching really far.

From "Okay for Now" by Gary D. Schmidt

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