State - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |steɪt|  American pronunciation of the word state
Brit.  |steɪt|  British pronunciation of the word state

noun

- the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation (syn: province)
his state is in the deep south
- the way something is with respect to its main attributes
the current state of knowledge
his state of health
in a weak financial state
- the group of people comprising the government of a sovereign state
the state has lowered its income tax
- a politically organized body of people under a single government (syn: commonwealth, country, land, nation)
the state has elected a new president
- (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
- a state of depression or agitation
he was in such a state you just couldn't reason with him
- the territory occupied by a nation (syn: country, land)
- the federal department in the United States that sets and maintains foreign policies

verb

- express in words (syn: say, tell)
state your opinion
state your name
- put before (syn: posit, put forward, submit)
- indicate through a symbol, formula, etc. (syn: express)

Extra examples

Happiness is the state or condition of being happy.

We must keep our armed forces in a constant state of readiness.

She meditates to achieve a higher state of being.

The building is in such a sorry state that it's hardly worth fixing.

Water in a gaseous state

The solid and liquid states

The member states of the United Nations Security Council

Things were in an untidy state.

A problem must be stated in order to be solved.

The contents of the deed were falsely stated.

To state him in the right of disposing of the forces.

There are fears for the state of the country's economy.

When we bought the house, it was in a terrible state.

Frankly, I wouldn't trust his emotional state right now.

She was in an extremely confused state of mind.

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: state
he/she/it: states
present participle: stating
past tense: stated
past participle: stated
noun
singular: state
plural: states
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