state

A state is a territory with its own government and borders within a larger country. (noun)

An example of a state is California.

A state is your current status or condition. (noun)

An example of state is when you are dirty and sad.

To state is to speak or say something. (verb)

An example of state is when you say your name.

See state in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a set of circumstances or attributes characterizing a person or thing at a given time; way or form of being; condition: a state of poverty
a particular mental or emotional condition: a state of bliss
condition as regards physical structure, constitution, internal form, stage or phase of existence, etc.: liquid state
1. condition or position in life; social status, rank, or degree
2. high rank or position
3. the style of living characteristic of people having high rank and wealth; rich, imposing, ceremonious display: drove up in state
1. the power or authority represented by a body of people politically organized under one government, esp. an independent government, within a territory or territories having definite boundaries
2. such a body of people; body politic
☆ any of the territorial and political units that together constitute a federal government, as in the U.S.
☆ the territory of a state (senses & )
the political organization constituting the basis of civil government: church and state
the sphere of highest governmental authority and administration: matters of state
foreign policy

adjective

transitive verb stated, stating

to fix or establish by specifying: at the stated hour
1. to set forth in words, esp. in a specific, definite, or formal way: to state one's objectives
2. to express or present in a nonverbal way: to state a musical theme in the first three measures

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See state in American Heritage Dictionary 4

(stāt)

noun

A condition or mode of being, as with regard to circumstances: a state of confusion.
A condition of being in a stage or form, as of structure, growth, or development: the fetal state.
A mental or emotional condition: in a manic state.
Informal A condition of excitement or distress.
Physics The condition of a physical system with regard to phase, form, composition, or structure: Ice is the solid state of water.
Social position or rank.
Ceremony; pomp: foreign leaders dining in state at the White House.
a. The supreme public power within a sovereign political entity.
b. The sphere of supreme civil power within a given polity: matters of state.
A specific mode of government: the socialist state.
A body politic, especially one constituting a nation: the states of Eastern Europe.
One of the more or less internally autonomous territorial and political units composing a federation under a sovereign government: the 48 contiguous states of the Union.

adjective

Of or relating to a body politic or to an internally autonomous territorial or political unit constituting a federation under one government: a monarch dealing with state matters; the department that handles state security.
Owned and operated by a state: state universities.

transitive verb stat·ed, stat·ing, states

To set forth in words; declare.

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