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Meaning of state
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
state
n 1: the territory occupied by one of the constituent
administrative districts of a nation; "his state is in the
deep south" [syn: {state}, {province}]
2: the way something is with respect to its main attributes;
"the current state of knowledge"; "his state of health"; "in
a weak financial state"
3: the group of people comprising the government of a sovereign
state; "the state has lowered its income tax"
4: 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" [syn: {state}, {nation}, {country}, {land},
{commonwealth}, {res publica}, {body politic}]
5: (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" [syn: {state of matter},
{state}]
6: a state of depression or agitation; "he was in such a state
you just couldn't reason with him"
7: the territory occupied by a nation; "he returned to the land
of his birth"; "he visited several European countries" [syn:
{country}, {state}, {land}]
8: the federal department in the United States that sets and
maintains foreign policies; "the Department of State was
created in 1789" [syn: {Department of State}, {United States
Department of State}, {State Department}, {State}, {DoS}]
v 1: express in words; "He said that he wanted to marry her";
"tell me what is bothering you"; "state your opinion";
"state your name" [syn: {state}, {say}, {tell}]
2: put before; "I submit to you that the accused is guilty"
[syn: {submit}, {state}, {put forward}, {posit}]
3: indicate through a symbol, formula, etc.; "Can you express
this distance in kilometers?" [syn: {express}, {state}]
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