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Definition of State
1. Noun. The territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation. "His state is in the deep south"
Exact synonyms: Province
Generic synonyms: Administrative District, Administrative Division, Territorial Division
Specialized synonyms: Commonwealth, Eparchy, American State, Italian Region, Canadian Province, Australian State, Soviet Socialist Republic
Group relationships: Country, Land
Specialized synonyms: Guangdong, Guangdong Province, Kwangtung, Gansu, Gansu Province, Kansu, Hebei, Hebei Province, Hopeh, Hopei, Hunan, Hunan Province, Sichuan, Szechuan, Szechwan, Szechwan Province, Yunnan, Yunnan Province, Sinkiang, Xinjiang, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, Inner Mongolia, Nei Monggol, Yucatan, Campeche, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Lower Saxony, Bavaria, Kosovo, Bosnia, Tirol, Tyrol, Assam, Karnataka, Mysore, Manipur, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Goa, Gujarat, Gujerat, Madras, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Orissa, West Bengal, Indonesian Borneo, Kalimantan, Friesland, Free State, Orange Free State, Transvaal, Cape Colony, Cape Of Good Hope Province, Cape Province, Cape Of Good Hope, Abkhaz, Abkhazia, Adzhar, Adzharia, Buganda
Derivative terms: Provincial, Provincial
Generic synonyms: Administrative District, Administrative Division, Territorial Division
Specialized synonyms: Commonwealth, Eparchy, American State, Italian Region, Canadian Province, Australian State, Soviet Socialist Republic
Group relationships: Country, Land
Specialized synonyms: Guangdong, Guangdong Province, Kwangtung, Gansu, Gansu Province, Kansu, Hebei, Hebei Province, Hopeh, Hopei, Hunan, Hunan Province, Sichuan, Szechuan, Szechwan, Szechwan Province, Yunnan, Yunnan Province, Sinkiang, Xinjiang, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, Inner Mongolia, Nei Monggol, Yucatan, Campeche, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Lower Saxony, Bavaria, Kosovo, Bosnia, Tirol, Tyrol, Assam, Karnataka, Mysore, Manipur, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Goa, Gujarat, Gujerat, Madras, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Orissa, West Bengal, Indonesian Borneo, Kalimantan, Friesland, Free State, Orange Free State, Transvaal, Cape Colony, Cape Of Good Hope Province, Cape Province, Cape Of Good Hope, Abkhaz, Abkhazia, Adzhar, Adzharia, Buganda
Derivative terms: Provincial, Provincial
2. Verb. Express in words. "They state that there was a traffic accident "; "State your name"
Exact synonyms: Say, Tell
Specialized synonyms: Lay Out, Present, Represent, Misstate, Answer, Reply, Respond, Introduce, Precede, Preface, Premise, Announce, Declare, Articulate, Enunciate, Vocalise, Vocalize, Get Out, Declare, Declare, Mention, Note, Observe, Remark, Add, Append, Supply, Explain, Give, Sum, Sum Up, Summarise, Summarize
Generic synonyms: Express, Give Tongue To, Utter, Verbalise, Verbalize
Related verbs: Say
Derivative terms: Say, Statement, Statement, Teller, Telling
Specialized synonyms: Lay Out, Present, Represent, Misstate, Answer, Reply, Respond, Introduce, Precede, Preface, Premise, Announce, Declare, Articulate, Enunciate, Vocalise, Vocalize, Get Out, Declare, Declare, Mention, Note, Observe, Remark, Add, Append, Supply, Explain, Give, Sum, Sum Up, Summarise, Summarize
Generic synonyms: Express, Give Tongue To, Utter, Verbalise, Verbalize
Related verbs: Say
Derivative terms: Say, Statement, Statement, Teller, Telling
3. Noun. The way something is with respect to its main attributes. "In a weak financial state"
Generic synonyms: Attribute
Specialized synonyms: Feeling, Skillfulness, Cleavage, Medium, Ornamentation, Condition, Condition, Status, Conditionality, Ground State, Nationhood, Situation, State Of Affairs, Relationship, Relationship, Tribalism, Utopia, Dystopia, Natural State, State Of Nature, Wild, Isomerism, Degree, Level, Point, Stage, Office, Power, Position, Status, Being, Beingness, Existence, Nonbeing, Death, Employ, Employment, Unemployment, Order, Disorder, Antagonism, Enmity, Hostility, Conflict, Illumination, Freedom, Agency, Delegacy, Representation, Dependance, Dependence, Dependency, Motion, Lifelessness, Motionlessness, Stillness, Dead Letter, Non-issue, Action, Activeness, Activity, Inaction, Inactiveness, Inactivity, Temporary State, Forthcomingness, Imminence, Imminency, Imminentness, Impendence, Impendency, Preparation, Preparedness, Readiness, Flux, State Of Flux, Kalemia, Enlargement, Separation, Unification, Union, Matureness, Maturity, Immatureness, Immaturity, Grace, Saving Grace, State Of Grace, Damnation, Eternal Damnation, Omniscience, Omnipotence, Flawlessness, Ne Plus Ultra, Perfection, Integrity, Unity, Wholeness, Imperfection, Imperfectness, Receivership, Ownership, Obligation, Death, Destruction, End, Annulment, Revocation, Merchantability, Turgor, Homozygosity, Heterozygosity, Neotony, Plurality, Polyvalence, Polyvalency, Multivalence, Multivalency, Polyvalence, Polyvalency, Paternity, Utilization
Specialized synonyms: Feeling, Skillfulness, Cleavage, Medium, Ornamentation, Condition, Condition, Status, Conditionality, Ground State, Nationhood, Situation, State Of Affairs, Relationship, Relationship, Tribalism, Utopia, Dystopia, Natural State, State Of Nature, Wild, Isomerism, Degree, Level, Point, Stage, Office, Power, Position, Status, Being, Beingness, Existence, Nonbeing, Death, Employ, Employment, Unemployment, Order, Disorder, Antagonism, Enmity, Hostility, Conflict, Illumination, Freedom, Agency, Delegacy, Representation, Dependance, Dependence, Dependency, Motion, Lifelessness, Motionlessness, Stillness, Dead Letter, Non-issue, Action, Activeness, Activity, Inaction, Inactiveness, Inactivity, Temporary State, Forthcomingness, Imminence, Imminency, Imminentness, Impendence, Impendency, Preparation, Preparedness, Readiness, Flux, State Of Flux, Kalemia, Enlargement, Separation, Unification, Union, Matureness, Maturity, Immatureness, Immaturity, Grace, Saving Grace, State Of Grace, Damnation, Eternal Damnation, Omniscience, Omnipotence, Flawlessness, Ne Plus Ultra, Perfection, Integrity, Unity, Wholeness, Imperfection, Imperfectness, Receivership, Ownership, Obligation, Death, Destruction, End, Annulment, Revocation, Merchantability, Turgor, Homozygosity, Heterozygosity, Neotony, Plurality, Polyvalence, Polyvalency, Multivalence, Multivalency, Polyvalence, Polyvalency, Paternity, Utilization
4. Verb. Put before. "They state that there was a traffic accident "; "I submit to you that the accused is guilty"
Exact synonyms: Posit, Put Forward, Submit
Generic synonyms: Advise, Propose, Suggest
Derivative terms: Statement, Statement, Submission
Generic synonyms: Advise, Propose, Suggest
Derivative terms: Statement, Statement, Submission
5. Noun. The group of people comprising the government of a sovereign state. "The state has lowered its income tax"
6. Verb. Indicate through a symbol, formula, etc.. "Can you express this distance in kilometers?"
Exact synonyms: Express
Generic synonyms: Denote, Refer
Specialized synonyms: Vote, Vote
Derivative terms: Expressible
Generic synonyms: Denote, Refer
Specialized synonyms: Vote, Vote
Derivative terms: Expressible
7. Noun. A politically organized body of people under a single government. "An industrialized land"
Exact synonyms: Body Politic, Commonwealth, Country, Land, Nation, Res Publica
Specialized synonyms: Commonwealth Country, Developing Country, Dominion, Foreign Country, Reich, Renegade State, Rogue Nation, Rogue State, Suzerain, Sea Power, Great Power, Major Power, Power, Superpower, World Power, City State, City-state, Ally
Terms within: Estate, Estate Of The Realm, The Three Estates
Generic synonyms: Political Entity, Political Unit
Specialized synonyms: Eelam, Tamil Eelam
Specialized synonyms: Commonwealth Country, Developing Country, Dominion, Foreign Country, Reich, Renegade State, Rogue Nation, Rogue State, Suzerain, Sea Power, Great Power, Major Power, Power, Superpower, World Power, City State, City-state, Ally
Terms within: Estate, Estate Of The Realm, The Three Estates
Generic synonyms: Political Entity, Political Unit
Specialized synonyms: Eelam, Tamil Eelam
8. 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). "The solid state of water is called ice"
Exact synonyms: State Of Matter
Category relationships: Chemical Science, Chemistry
Generic synonyms: Chemical Phenomenon
Specialized synonyms: Form, Phase, Liquid, Liquid State, Liquidity, Liquidness, Solid, Solid State, Solidness, Gas, Gaseous State, Plasma
Attributes: Solid, Liquid, Gaseous
Category relationships: Chemical Science, Chemistry
Generic synonyms: Chemical Phenomenon
Specialized synonyms: Form, Phase, Liquid, Liquid State, Liquidity, Liquidness, Solid, Solid State, Solidness, Gas, Gaseous State, Plasma
Attributes: Solid, Liquid, Gaseous
9. Noun. A state of depression or agitation. "He was in such a state you just couldn't reason with him"
10. Noun. The territory occupied by a nation. "He visited several European countries"
Exact synonyms: Country, Land
Generic synonyms: Administrative District, Administrative Division, Territorial Division
Specialized synonyms: Banana Republic, Country Of Origin, Fatherland, Homeland, Mother Country, Motherland, Native Land, Buffer Country, Buffer State, Kingdom, Tax Haven, European Country, European Nation, African Country, African Nation, Asian Country, Asian Nation, South American Country, South American Nation, North American Country, North American Nation, Sultanate
Member holonyms: Department, Province
Terms within: Demesne, Domain, Land, Midland
Specialized synonyms: Antigua And Barbuda, Cape Verde, Republic Of Cape Verde, Ceylon, Democratic Socialist Republic Of Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka, Comoros, Federal Islamic Republic Of The Comoros, Cuba, Republic Of Cuba, Haiti, Republic Of Haiti, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Barbados, Republic Of Trinidad And Tobago, Trinidad And Tobago, Cyprus, Republic Of Cyprus, Commonwealth Of Dominica, Dominica, East Timor, Fiji, Republic Of Fiji, Israel, Sion, State Of Israel, Yisrael, Zion, Etruria, Australia, Commonwealth Of Australia, Federated States Of Micronesia, Micronesia, Tt, Marshall Islands, Republic Of The Marshall Islands, Tuvalu, Kiribati, Republic Of Kiribati, Nauru, Republic Of Nauru, Independent State Of Papua New Guinea, Papua New Guinea, Bahama Islands, Bahamas, Commonwealth Of The Bahamas, Burkina Faso, Upper Volta, Dutch East Indies, Indonesia, Republic Of Indonesia, Grenada, Maldives, Republic Of Maldives, Malta, Republic Of Malta, Mauritius, Republic Of Mauritius, New Zealand, Palau, Republic Of Palau, Tt, Philippines, Republic Of The Philippines, Federation Of Saint Kitts And Nevis, Saint Christopher-nevis, Saint Kitts And Nevis, St. Christopher-nevis, St. Kitts And Nevis, Saint Lucia, St. Lucia, Saint Vincent And The Grenadines, St. Vincent And The Grenadines, Independent State Of Samoa, Samoa, Samoa I Sisifo, Western Samoa, Democratic Republic Of Sao Tome And Principe, Sao Thome E Principe, Sao Tome And Principe, Sao Tome E Principe, St. Thomas And Principe, Republic Of Seychelles, Seychelles, Solomon Islands, Rus, Russia, Soviet Union, Union Of Soviet Socialist Republics, Ussr, Russia, Russian Federation, Ukraine, Ukrayina, Turkmen, Turkmenia, Turkmenistan, Turkomen, Friendly Islands, Kingdom Of Tonga, Tonga, Republic Of Turkey, Turkey, New Hebrides, Republic Of Vanuatu, Vanuatu
Generic synonyms: Administrative District, Administrative Division, Territorial Division
Specialized synonyms: Banana Republic, Country Of Origin, Fatherland, Homeland, Mother Country, Motherland, Native Land, Buffer Country, Buffer State, Kingdom, Tax Haven, European Country, European Nation, African Country, African Nation, Asian Country, Asian Nation, South American Country, South American Nation, North American Country, North American Nation, Sultanate
Member holonyms: Department, Province
Terms within: Demesne, Domain, Land, Midland
Specialized synonyms: Antigua And Barbuda, Cape Verde, Republic Of Cape Verde, Ceylon, Democratic Socialist Republic Of Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka, Comoros, Federal Islamic Republic Of The Comoros, Cuba, Republic Of Cuba, Haiti, Republic Of Haiti, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Barbados, Republic Of Trinidad And Tobago, Trinidad And Tobago, Cyprus, Republic Of Cyprus, Commonwealth Of Dominica, Dominica, East Timor, Fiji, Republic Of Fiji, Israel, Sion, State Of Israel, Yisrael, Zion, Etruria, Australia, Commonwealth Of Australia, Federated States Of Micronesia, Micronesia, Tt, Marshall Islands, Republic Of The Marshall Islands, Tuvalu, Kiribati, Republic Of Kiribati, Nauru, Republic Of Nauru, Independent State Of Papua New Guinea, Papua New Guinea, Bahama Islands, Bahamas, Commonwealth Of The Bahamas, Burkina Faso, Upper Volta, Dutch East Indies, Indonesia, Republic Of Indonesia, Grenada, Maldives, Republic Of Maldives, Malta, Republic Of Malta, Mauritius, Republic Of Mauritius, New Zealand, Palau, Republic Of Palau, Tt, Philippines, Republic Of The Philippines, Federation Of Saint Kitts And Nevis, Saint Christopher-nevis, Saint Kitts And Nevis, St. Christopher-nevis, St. Kitts And Nevis, Saint Lucia, St. Lucia, Saint Vincent And The Grenadines, St. Vincent And The Grenadines, Independent State Of Samoa, Samoa, Samoa I Sisifo, Western Samoa, Democratic Republic Of Sao Tome And Principe, Sao Thome E Principe, Sao Tome And Principe, Sao Tome E Principe, St. Thomas And Principe, Republic Of Seychelles, Seychelles, Solomon Islands, Rus, Russia, Soviet Union, Union Of Soviet Socialist Republics, Ussr, Russia, Russian Federation, Ukraine, Ukrayina, Turkmen, Turkmenia, Turkmenistan, Turkomen, Friendly Islands, Kingdom Of Tonga, Tonga, Republic Of Turkey, Turkey, New Hebrides, Republic Of Vanuatu, Vanuatu
11. Noun. The federal department in the United States that sets and maintains foreign policies. "The Department of State was created in 1789"
Exact synonyms: Department Of State, Dos, State Department, United States Department Of State
Generic synonyms: Executive Department
Specialized synonyms: Foggy Bottom
Terms within: Bureau Of Diplomatic Security, Ds, Foreign Service, Bureau Of Intelligence And Research, Inr
Generic synonyms: Executive Department
Specialized synonyms: Foggy Bottom
Terms within: Bureau Of Diplomatic Security, Ds, Foreign Service, Bureau Of Intelligence And Research, Inr
Definition of State
1. n. The circumstances or condition of a being or thing at any given time.
2. a. Stately.
3. v. t. To set; to settle; to establish.
4. n. A statement; also, a document containing a statement.
Definition of State
1. to set forth in words [v STATED, STATING, STATES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of State
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