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state is the dictionary form of state's Definition of state
state has definitions from the fields of government,politics,geography,chemistry |
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[ noun ] (government) the group of people comprising the government of a sovereign state
Examples "the state has lowered its income tax" |
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[ noun ] (government,geography) the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation
Synonyms Examples "his state is in the deep south" |
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[ noun ] (politics,geography) a politically organized body of people under a single government
Synonyms Examples "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" |
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[ noun ] the way something is with respect to its main attributes
Examples "the current state of knowledge" "his state of health" "in a weak financial state" |
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[ noun ] (government) the federal department in the UnitedStates that sets and maintains foreign policies
Synonyms Examples "the Department of State was created in 1789" |
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[ adjective ] (government) supported and operated by the government of a state
Synonyms Examples "a state university" |
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[ verb ] put before
Synonyms Examples "I submit to you that the accused is guilty" |
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[ noun ] (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)
Synonyms Examples "the solid state of water is called ice" |
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[ verb ] indicate through a symbol, formula, etc.
Synonyms Examples "Can you express this distance in kilometers?" |
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[ noun ] (informal) a state of depression or agitation
Examples "he was in such a state you just couldn't reason with him" |
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[ adjective ] in the service of the community or nation
Examples "state security" |
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