state

Nouns

• (n) the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation
  • his state is in the deep south
  province,
• (n) the way something is with respect to its main attributes
  • the current state of knowledge
  • his state of health
  • in a weak financial state
• (n) the group of people comprising the government of a sovereign state
  • the state has lowered its income tax
• (n) 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
  body politic, country, nation, res publica, commonwealth, land,
• (n) (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
  state of matter,
• (n) a state of depression or agitation
  • he was in such a state you just couldn't reason with him
• (n) the territory occupied by a nation
  • he returned to the land of his birth
  • he visited several European countries
  country, land,
• (n) the federal department in the United States that sets and maintains foreign policies
  • the Department of State was created in 1789
  Department of State, DoS, State Department, United States Department of State,

Verbs

• (v) express in words
  • He said that he wanted to marry her
  • tell me what is bothering you
  • state your opinion
  • state your name
  say, tell,
• (v) put before
  • I submit to you that the accused is guilty
  put forward, posit, submit,
• (v) indicate through a symbol, formula, etc.
  • Can you express this distance in kilometers?
  express,

Synonyms

Words of close approximity