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state    Audio Help   [steyt] Pronunciation Key, noun, adjective, verb, stat·ed, stat·ing.
–noun
1.the condition of a person or thing, as with respect to circumstances or attributes: a state of health.
2.the condition of matter with respect to structure, form, constitution, phase, or the like: water in a gaseous state.
3.status, rank, or position in life; station: He dresses in a manner befitting his state.
4.the style of living befitting a person of wealth and high rank: to travel in state.
5.a particular condition of mind or feeling: to be in an excited state.
6.an abnormally tense, nervous, or perturbed condition: He's been in a state since hearing about his brother's death.
7.a politically unified people occupying a definite territory; nation.
8.the territory, or one of the territories, of a government.
9.(sometimes initial capital letter) any of the bodies politic which together make up a federal union, as in the United States of America.
10.the body politic as organized for civil rule and government (distinguished from church).
11.the operations or activities of a central civil government: affairs of state.
12.(initial capital letter) Also called State Department. Informal. the Department of State.
13.Printing. a set of copies of an edition of a publication which differ from others of the same printing because of additions, corrections, or transpositions made during printing or at any time before publication.
14.the States, Informal. the United States (usually used outside its borders): After a year's study in Spain, he returned to the States.
–adjective
15.of or pertaining to the central civil government or authority.
16.made, maintained, or chartered by or under the authority of one of the commonwealths that make up a federal union: a state highway; a state bank.
17.characterized by, attended with, or involving ceremony: a state dinner.
18.used on or reserved for occasions of ceremony.
–verb (used with object)
19.to declare definitely or specifically: She stated her position on the case.
20.to set forth formally in speech or writing: to state a hypothesis.
21.to set forth in proper or definite form: to state a problem.
22.to say.
23.to fix or settle, as by authority.
—Idiom
24.lie in state, (of a corpse) to be exhibited publicly with honors before burial: The president's body lay in state for two days.
[Origin: 1175–1225; ME stat (n.), partly aph. var. of estat estate, partly < L status condition (see status); in defs. 7–11 < L status (rérum) state (of things) or status (reī pūblicae) state (of the republic)]

—Related forms
stat·a·ble, state·a·ble, adjective

—Synonyms 1. State, condition, situation, status are terms for existing circumstances or surroundings. State is the general word, often with no concrete implications or material relationships: the present state of affairs. Condition carries an implication of a relationship to causes and circumstances: The conditions made flying impossible. Situation suggests an arrangement of circumstances, related to one another and to the character of a person: He was master of the situation. Status carries official or legal implications; it suggests a complete picture of interrelated circumstances as having to do with rank, position, standing, a stage reached in progress, etc.: the status of negotiations. 3. standing. 17. stately, ceremonial, imposing, dignified. 19. aver, assert, asseverate, affirm. See maintain. 23. determine.
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Thesaurus Entries (6 more entries. View all »)
  Synonym Collection v1.1Cite This Source
Main Entry:  state
Part of Speech:  adjective
Synonyms:  august, ceremonious, courtly, dignified, eminent, gubernatorial, imposing, majestic, marmoreal, palatial, pontifical, portentous, regal, stately, statuesque
Source:  Synonym Collection v1.1
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  Roget's II: The New ThesaurusCite This Source
Main Entry:  state
Part of Speech:  noun
Definition:  A condition of excited distress.
Synonyms:  fume
Source:  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
  Roget's II: The New ThesaurusCite This Source
Main Entry:  state
Part of Speech:  noun
Definition:  An organized geopolitical unit.
Synonyms:  body politic, country, land, nation, polity
Source:  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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Columbia Electronic EncyclopediaCite This Source


state: see government. 
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