Stat Definition
Immediately; now; usually used in medical situations, to connote extreme urgency.
(slang, gaming) To assign statistics to (a monster, etc. in a game).
Origin of Stat
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New Latin -stata from Greek -statēs one that causes to stand or statos standing stā- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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prob. < Gr -statēs, that which stops or makes steady < sta-, root of histanai, to cause to stand: see stand
From Webster's New World College Dictionary, 5th Edition
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Short for Latin statim stā- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Latin statim (“immediately").
From Wiktionary
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