n.
1.a message that is stated or declared
2.a fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true
3.(music) the presentation of a musical theme
4.a nonverbal message
5.the act of affirming or asserting or stating something
6.(computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program
7.a document showing credits and debits
Idiom of the Day
bark up the wrong tree
to make a wrong assumption about something
The police are barking up the wrong tree in their investigation of the criminal.