status

Your position, role, or importance within a group or society.

• Money can bring social status.
• She gained status within the group.
• He kept his status as team captain.

How to use it: status as someone/something (The award confirmed her status as a leading writer.)

Similar words: standing, rank, position

Common phrases: social status, high status, status as something, economic status

The condition or situation of something at a particular time.

• Check the status of your order.
• The project status has changed.
• Can you update me on the status of the repairs?

How to use it: status of something (What is the status of my application?)

Similar words: state, condition

Common phrases: current status, check the status, status of something, legal status