feeling of the words "statement"

[Sweetpumpkin]

Hi,

Here's some excerpts from Steve Jobs' keynotes:

[Dozy]

1. In this context, yes, it very likely means an official public remark.

2. It depends very much on the nature of the remarks and how they are presented. In the sense we are talking about here, a "statement" is usually a pre-prepared and fairly formal comment on a specific subject. A passing opinion would not be called a "statement", and nor, usually, would a journalist's comment.

3. Not really.

[Edited] Note that there is also another slightly different sense of "statement", which is more to do with a grammatical or logical unit.

[Sweetpumpkin]

Thank so much, Dozy. :)