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state meaning and definition
Definition and meaning of state at MeaningMonkey.org. state meaning and definition in the English Dictionary.STATE noun
Definition of state (noun)
- the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation
- "his state is in the deep south"
- synonyms: province
- 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
- "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"
- synonyms: body politic, commonwealth, country, land, nation, res publica
- (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"
- synonyms: state of matter
- 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
- the federal department in the United States that sets and maintains foreign policies
- "the Department of State was created in 1789"
- synonyms: Department of State, DoS, State Department, United States Department of State
STATE verb
Definition of state (verb)
- express in words
- put before
- "I submit to you that the accused is guilty"
- synonyms: posit, put forward, submit
- indicate through a symbol, formula, etc.
- "Can you express this distance in kilometers?"
- synonyms: express
Source: Princeton University Wordnet