state

/stˈeɪt/

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Noun
the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation; "his state is in the deep south"
Noun
the way something is with respect to its main attributes; "the current state of knowledge"; "his state of health"; "in a weak financial state"
Noun
the group of people comprising the government of a sovereign state; "the state has lowered its income tax"
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a politically organized body of people under a single government; "the state has elected a new president"; "African nations"; "students who had come to the nation''s capitol"; "the country''s largest manufacturer"; "an industrialized land"
Noun
(chemistry) the three traditional states of matter are solids (fixed shape and volume) and liquids (fixed volume and shaped by the container) and gases (filling the container); "the solid state of water is called ice"
Noun
a state of depression or agitation; "he was in such a state you just couldn''t reason with him"
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the territory occupied by a nation; "he returned to the land of his birth"; "he visited several European countries"
Noun
the federal department in the United States that sets and maintains foreign policies; "the Department of State was created in 1789"
Verb
express in words; "He said that he wanted to marry her"; "tell me what is bothering you"; "state your opinion"; "state your name"
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put before; "I submit to you that the accused is guilty"
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indicate through a symbol, formula, etc.; "Can you express this distance in kilometers?"
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action activeness activity add African country African nation agency ally American state announce annulment answer antagonism append articulate Asian country Asian nation Australian state banana republic being beingness buffer country buffer state Canadian province city state city-state cleavage commonwealth commonwealth country condition conditionality conflict country of origin damnation dead letter death declare degree delegacy dependance dependence dependency destruction developing country disorder Dominion dystopia employ employment end enlargement enmity enunciate eparchy eternal damnation European country European nation existence explain fatherland feeling flawlessness flux Foggy Bottom foreign country form forthcomingness freedom gas gaseous state get out give grace great power ground state heterozygosity homeland homozygosity hostility illumination immatureness immaturity imminence imminency imminentness impendence impendency imperfection imperfectness inaction inactiveness inactivity integrity introduce isomerism Italian region kalemia kingdom lay out level lifelessness liquid liquid state liquidity liquidness major power matureness maturity medium mention merchantability misstate mother country motherland motion motionlessness multivalence multivalency nationhood native land natural state ne plus ultra neotony nonbeing non-issue North American country North American nation note obligation observe office omnipotence omniscience order ornamentation ownership paternity perfection phase plasma plurality point polyvalence polyvalency position power precede preface premise preparation preparedness present readiness receivership Reich relationship remark renegade state reply represent representation respond revocation rogue nation rogue state saving grace sea power separation situation skillfulness solid solid state solidness South American country South American nation Soviet Socialist Republic Soviets stage state of affairs state of flux state of grace state of nature status stillness sultanate sum sum up summarise summarize superpower supply suzerain tax haven temporary state tribalism turgor unemployment unification union unity utilization utopia vocalise vocalize vote welfare state wholeness wild world power
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