Definition of state

adjective (a)

• Stately. (adjective)

  source: webster1913

noun (n)

• the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation (noun.location)

  Synonym: province
  

  Example:
  His state is in the deep south.
  

  source: wordnet30
• the way something is with respect to its main attributes (noun.tops)

  Example:
  The current state of knowledge.
  His state of health.
  In a weak financial state.
  

  source: wordnet30
• the group of people comprising the government of a sovereign state (noun.group)

  Example:
  The state has lowered its income tax.
  

  source: wordnet30
• a politically organized body of people under a single government (noun.group)

  Synonym: body politic, commonwealth, country, land, nation, res publica
  

  Example:
  The state has elected a new president.
  

  source: wordnet30
• (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) (noun.state)

  Synonym: state of matter
  

  Example:
  The solid state of water is called ice.
  

  source: wordnet30
• a state of depression or agitation (noun.state)

  Example:
  He was in such a state you just couldn't reason with him.
  

  source: wordnet30
• the territory occupied by a nation (noun.location)

  Synonym: country, land
  

  source: wordnet30
• the federal department in the United States that sets and maintains foreign policies (noun.group)

  Synonym: department of state, dos, state department, united states department of state
  

  Example:
  The Department of State was created in 1789.
  

  source: wordnet30
• The circumstances or condition of a being or thing at any given time. (noun)

  source: webster1913
• A statement; also, a document containing a statement. (noun)

  source: webster1913

verb (v)

• express in words (verb.communication)

  Synonym: say, tell
  

  Example:
  State your opinion.
  State your name.
  

  source: wordnet30
• put before (verb.communication)

  Synonym: posit, put forward, submit
  

  source: wordnet30
• indicate through a symbol, formula, etc. (verb.communication)

  Synonym: express
  

  source: wordnet30
• To set; to settle; to establish. (verb)

  source: webster1913

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