State definition
To set forth in words; declare.
verb
Owned and operated by a state.
State universities.
adjective
Any of the territorial and political units that together constitute a federal government, as in the U.S.
noun
Condition as regards physical structure, constitution, internal form, stage or phase of existence, etc.
Liquid state.
noun
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State is defined as a territory with its own government and borders within a larger country.
An example of a state is California.
noun
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.
adjective
A particular mental or emotional condition.
A state of bliss.
noun
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.
noun
The condition of a physical system with regard to phase, form, composition, or structure.
noun
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The political organization constituting the basis of civil government.
Church and state.
noun
Foreign policy.
Secretary of State.
noun
Of, for, or characteristic of occasions of great ceremony; formal; ceremonial.
adjective
To fix or establish by specifying.
At the stated hour.
verb
A condition of being in a stage or form, as of structure, growth, or development.
The fetal state.
noun
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A condition; a set of circumstances applying at any given time.
- (computing) The stable condition of a processor during a particular clock cycle.In the fetch state, the address of the next instruction is placed on the address bus.
- (computing) The set of all parameters relevant to a computation.The state here includes a set containing all names seen so far.
- (computing) The values of all parameters at some point in a computation.A debugger can show the state of a program at any breakpoint.
A state of being; a state of emergency.
noun
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The supreme public power within a sovereign political entity.
The state intervening in the economy.
noun
A body politic, especially one constituting a nation.
The states of Eastern Europe.
noun
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.
noun
The sphere of highest governmental authority and administration.
Matters of state.
noun
The style of living characteristic of people having high rank and wealth; rich, imposing, ceremonious display.
Drove up in state.
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To set forth in words, esp. in a specific, definite, or formal way.
To state one's objectives.
verb
To express or present in a nonverbal way.
To state a musical theme in the first three measures.
verb
(physics) The condition of a physical system with regard to phase, form, composition, or structure.
Ice is the solid state of water.
noun
Of or controlled, maintained, etc. by the government or a state.
adjective
A condition or mode of being, as with regard to circumstances.
noun
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Ceremony; pomp.
Foreign leaders dining in state at the White House.
noun
A condition or mode of being, as with regard to circumstances.
The office was in a state of confusion.
noun
Social position or rank.
noun
The sphere of supreme civil power within a given polity.
Matters of state.
noun
A specific kind of government.
The socialist state.
noun
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High rank or position.
noun
A polity.
- A political division of a federation retaining a degree of autonomy, for example one of the fifty United States. See also Province.
noun
(anthropology) A society larger than a tribe. A society large enough to form a state in the sense of a government.
noun
(often with definite article) The current governing polity under which the speaker lives.
noun
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Such a body of people; body politic.
noun
A condition of being in a stage or form, as of structure, growth, or development.
noun
The definition of a state is your current status or condition.
An example of state is when you are dirty and sad.
noun
A mental or emotional condition.
In a manic state.
noun
(informal) A condition of excitement or distress.
Was in a state over going to the prom.
noun
Condition or position in life; social status, rank, or degree.
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.
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A mental or emotional condition.
noun
State means to speak or say something.
An example of state is when you say your name.
verb
High social standing or circumstance.
- The President's body will lie in state at the Capitol.
- Rank; condition; quality.
- Condition of prosperity or grandeur; wealthy or prosperous circumstances; social importance.
- A chair with a canopy above it, often standing on a dais; a seat of dignity; also, the canopy itself.
noun
in (or into) a state
- in (or into) a condition of agitation or excitement
idiom
lie in state
- to be displayed formally to the public before burial
idiom
the States
- the United States
idiom
Idioms and Phrasal Verbs
in (<i>or</i> into) a state
lie in state
the States
Origin of state
- Middle English from Old French estat from Latin status stā- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Wiktionary