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description: "Learn more about: Statements"
title: "Statements(DAX) | Microsoft Docs"
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# Statements

## In this category  

|Statement |Description  |
|---------|---------|
|[DEFINE](define-statement-dax.md)  |(Keyword) Introduces one or more entity definitions that can be applied to one or more EVALUATE statements.|
|[EVALUATE](evaluate-statement-dax.md)       |  (Keyword) Introduces a statement containing a table expression required to execute a DAX query.    |
|[MEASURE](measure-statement-dax.md)  |(Keyword) Introduces a measure definition that can be used in one or more EVALUATE statements in a query. |
|[ORDER BY](orderby-statement-dax.md) |(Keyword) Introduces a statement that defines the sort order of query results returned by an EVALUATE statement. |
|[START AT](startat-statement-dax.md)  |(Keyword) Introduces a statement that defines the starting value at which the query results of an ORDER BY statement are returned. |
|[VAR](var-dax.md)       |  (Keyword) Stores the result of an expression as a named variable, which can then be passed as an argument to other measure expressions.      |
