relative social or professional position; standing

an improvement in the status of women

doctors have a high status

the situation at a particular time during a process

an update on the status of the bill

(in Canada) denoting or relating to a First Nations person who is registered with the federal government under the Indian Act

the person who started the union drive is a status Indigenous man

the bill would finally correct this discrimination and give status women and their descendants the same rights as status men