What does State mean?
Definitions for State
steɪtState
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word State.
Princeton's WordNet
state, provincenoun
the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation
"his state is in the deep south"
statenoun
the way something is with respect to its main attributes
"the current state of knowledge"; "his state of health"; "in a weak financial state"
statenoun
the group of people comprising the government of a sovereign state
"the state has lowered its income tax"
state, nation, country, land, commonwealth, res publica, body politicnoun
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"
state of matter, statenoun
(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"
statenoun
a state of depression or agitation
"he was in such a state you just couldn't reason with him"
country, state, landnoun
the territory occupied by a nation
"he returned to the land of his birth"; "he visited several European countries"
Department of State, United States Department of State, State Department, State, DoSverb
the federal department in the United States that sets and maintains foreign policies
"the Department of State was created in 1789"
state, say, tellverb
express in words
"He said that he wanted to marry her"; "tell me what is bothering you"; "state your opinion"; "state your name"
submit, state, put forward, positverb
put before
"I submit to you that the accused is guilty"
express, stateverb
indicate through a symbol, formula, etc.
"Can you express this distance in kilometers?"
Wiktionary
statenoun
Any sovereign polity. A government.
Etymology: From status, from stare.
statenoun
A political division of a federation retaining a degree of autonomy, for example one of the fifty United States. See also Province.
Etymology: From status, from stare.
statenoun
A condition.
Etymology: From status, from stare.
statenoun
Pomp, ceremony, or dignity.
The President's body will lie in state at the Capitol.
Etymology: From status, from stare.
statenoun
The stable condition of a processor during a particular clock cycle.
In the fetch state, the address of the next instruction is placed on the address bus.
Etymology: From status, from stare.
statenoun
The set of all parameters relevant to a computation.
The state here includes a set containing all names seen so far.
Etymology: From status, from stare.
statenoun
The values of all parameters at some point in a computation.
A debugger can show the state of a program at any breakpoint.
Etymology: From status, from stare.
statenoun
A society larger than a tribe. A society large enough to form a state in the sense of a government.
Etymology: From status, from stare.
statenoun
The physical property of matter as solid, liquid, gas or plasma
Etymology: From status, from stare.
stateverb
To declare to be a fact.
He stated that he was willing to help.
Etymology: From status, from stare.
stateverb
To make known.
State your intentions.
Etymology: From status, from stare.
statenoun
an element of the range of the random variables that define a random process.
Etymology: From status, from stare.
statenoun
A great person, a dignitary; a lord or prince.
Etymology: From status, from stare.
Statenoun
State University, as the shortened form of any public university name.
Etymology: From status, from stare.
Webster Dictionary
Statenoun
the circumstances or condition of a being or thing at any given time
Statenoun
rank; condition; quality; as, the state of honor
Statenoun
condition of prosperity or grandeur; wealthy or prosperous circumstances; social importance
Statenoun
appearance of grandeur or dignity; pomp
Statenoun
a chair with a canopy above it, often standing on a dais; a seat of dignity; also, the canopy itself
Statenoun
estate, possession
Statenoun
a person of high rank
Statenoun
any body of men united by profession, or constituting a community of a particular character; as, the civil and ecclesiastical states, or the lords spiritual and temporal and the commons, in Great Britain. Cf. Estate, n., 6
Statenoun
the principal persons in a government
Statenoun
the bodies that constitute the legislature of a country; as, the States-general of Holland
Statenoun
a form of government which is not monarchial, as a republic
Statenoun
a political body, or body politic; the whole body of people who are united one government, whatever may be the form of the government; a nation
Statenoun
in the United States, one of the commonwealth, or bodies politic, the people of which make up the body of the nation, and which, under the national constitution, stands in certain specified relations with the national government, and are invested, as commonwealth, with full power in their several spheres over all matters not expressly inhibited
Statenoun
highest and stationary condition, as that of maturity between growth and decline, or as that of crisis between the increase and the abating of a disease; height; acme
Stateadjective
stately
Stateadjective
belonging to the state, or body politic; public
Stateverb
to set; to settle; to establish
Stateverb
to express the particulars of; to set down in detail or in gross; to represent fully in words; to narrate; to recite; as, to state the facts of a case, one's opinion, etc
Statenoun
a statement; also, a document containing a statement
Freebase
State
A state is an organized community living under a unified political system, the government. States may be sovereign. The denomination state is also employed to federated states that are members of a federal union, which is the sovereign state. Some states are subject to external sovereignty or hegemony where ultimate sovereignty lies in another state. The state can also be used to refer to the secular branches of government within a state, often as a manner of contrasting them with churches and civilian institutions.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
State
stāt, n. position: condition: situation: circumstances at any time: the whole body of people under one government: the public: the civil power: estate, one of the orders or classes of men forming the body politic (as nobles, clergy, commonalty): a body of men united by profession: rank, quality: pomp: dignity: style of living: stability, continuance: (pl.) the bodies constituting the legislature of a country: (obs.) a seat of dignity: a stage, condition, as of an etched or engraved plate at one particular stage of its progress.—adj. belonging to the state: public: royal: ceremonial: pompous: magnificent.—v.t. to set forth: to express the details of: to set down fully and formally: to narrate: to set in order: to settle.—adj. Stāt′able, capable of being stated.&mdasmdash;ns. State′-craft, the art of managing state affairs; State′-crim′inal, one who commits an offence against the state, as treason.—adj. Stāt′ed, settled: established: fixed: regular.—adv. Stāt′edly.—ns. State′-house, the building in which the legislature of a state holds its sittings; Stāte′liness.—adj. Stāte′ly, showing state or dignity: majestic: grand.—adv. majestically: (Milt.) loftily.—ns. Stāte′ment, the act of stating: that which is stated: a narrative or recital; State′-pā′per, an official paper or document relating to affairs of state; State′-pris′on; State′-pris′oner, a prisoner confined for offence against the state; State′-relig′ion, the establishment or endowment by the government of a country of some particular form of religion; State′room, a stately room in a palace or mansion: principal room in the cabin of a ship; States′-gen′eral, the name given to the representative body of the three orders (nobility, clergy, burghers) of the French kingdom; States′man, a man acquainted with the affairs of government: one skilled in government: one employed in public affairs: a politician: one who farms his own estate, a small landholder.—adj. States′man-like, like a statesman.—adv. States′manly, in a manner becoming a statesman.—n. States′manship.—State socialism, a scheme of government which would entrust to the state the carrying on of the great enterprises of private industry; States of the Church, the former temporal possessions of the popes. [O. Fr. estat (Fr. état)—L. status, from stāre, stātum, to stand.]
The New Hacker's Dictionary
state
1. Condition, situation. “What's the state of your latest hack?” “It's winning away.” “The system tried to read and write the disk simultaneously and got into a totally wedged state.” The standard question “What's your state?” means “What are you doing?” or “What are you about to do?” Typical answers are “about to gronk out”, or “hungry”. Another standard question is “What's the state of the world?”, meaning “What's new?” or “What's going on?”. The more terse and humorous way of asking these questions would be “State-p?”. Another way of phrasing the first question under sense 1 would be “state-p latest hack?”. 2. Information being maintained in non-permanent memory (electronic or human).
Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
state
In the British service, is a statement of the number of officers and men of any body of troops, distinguishing those present, those employed, absent, or sick, and the different ranks under separate headings.
Editors Contribution
state
A country
The state is responsible to ensure income is shared equally
Submitted by MaryC on May 22, 2021
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'State' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #218
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'State' in Written Corpus Frequency: #762
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'State' in Nouns Frequency: #34
Verbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'State' in Verbs Frequency: #224
Anagrams for State »
testa
teats
taste
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of State in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of State in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of State in a Sentence
The government needs to invest about $15 billion per year to maintain current production (2.4 million bpd), and mounting problems will probably lead to a decline of 100,000-150,000 bpd this year, barring a meaningful recovery in oil prices or fresh loans from China in the second half of the year, scarce foreign exchange will probably force the state to default later this year, most likely in the fourth quarter.
We must work for the people who feel forgotten by the indifference of the state.
That should tell you everything you need to know about the current state of the relationship and the future.
This state is recovering. This state is back on its feet, our kids are increasingly back( to) in-person instruction. We have the lowest positivity in case rates in America. We're extinguishing not just wildfires, but this disease. We're getting it behind us.
We shall have lost something vital and beyond price on the day when the state denies us the right to resort to force...
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Translations for State
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- аҳәынҭқарраAbkhaz
- staatAfrikaans
- ولاية, حالة, دولةArabic
- dövlətAzerbaijani
- өлкә, хәл, дәүләт, торошBashkir
- дзяржа́ваBelarusian
- държа́ваBulgarian
- রাষ্ট্রBengali
- stadBreton
- estat, declararCatalan, Valencian
- stav, státCzech
- stat, tilstandDanish
- Staat, Land, Zustand, erklären, darlegen, nennenGerman
- κράτος, πολιτεία, κατάσταση, καθεστώς, δηλώνω, διατυπώνω, εκθέτωGreek
- ŝtato, landoEsperanto
- estado, declararSpanish
- riikEstonian
- دولت, فرمانروایی, حالتPersian
- valtio, osavaltio, tila, todeta, ilmoittaa, sanoaFinnish
- état, déclarerFrench
- steatWestern Frisian
- státIrish
- stàit, corScottish Gaelic
- מדינה, מצב, הצהירHebrew
- राज्य, प्रदेशHindi
- etaHaitian Creole
- állapot, állam, megállapít, közöl, kijelentHungarian
- երկիր, նահանգ, պետություն, վիճակArmenian
- statoInterlingua
- negara, negara bagian, keadaanIndonesian
- stato, standoIdo
- ríki, fylki, ástandIcelandic
- stato, esporre, dichiarareItalian
- 国, 状態, ステート, 国家, 州, 述べるJapanese
- სახელმწიფოGeorgian
- мемлекетKazakh
- រដ្ឋKhmer
- ದೇಶKannada
- 國家, 국가, 주, 상태, 선언, 표현Korean
- мамлекетKyrgyz
- civitas, status, dico, eloquorLatin
- staotLimburgish, Limburgan, Limburger
- ລັດLao
- būklė, valstybė, valstija, būsenaLithuanian
- valsts, stāvoklis, pavalstsLatvian
- држа́ваMacedonian
- രാഷ്ട്രംMalayalam
- улс гурэн, улсMongolian
- negeri, negaraMalay
- နိုင်ငံ, ပြည်နယ်Burmese
- stat, delstatNorwegian
- staat, verklaren, bekendmakenDutch
- stat, delstatNorwegian Nynorsk
- tilstandNorwegian
- biwááshindoon, WááshindoonNavajo, Navaho
- estatOccitan
- ogimaawiwinOjibwe, Ojibwa
- паддзахадOssetian, Ossetic
- stanPolish
- estado, atestar, declararPortuguese
- stedi, stadiRomansh
- stat, stare, declaraRomanian
- штат, о́бласть, положе́ние, прови́нция, состоя́ние, префекту́ра, госуда́рство, держа́ва, на́ция, земля́, ста́тус, утверждать, утвердить, констатировать, заявлять, заявить, объявлять, объявитьRussian
- istatu, istadu, istauSardinian
- држава, krajina, pokrajina, sastaj, položaj, država, oblast, stanje, izjaviti, iznetiSerbo-Croatian
- රාජ්යයSinhala, Sinhalese
- štátSlovak
- državaSlovene
- shtetAlbanian
- stat, delstat, tillstånd, rikeSwedish
- nchi, haliSwahili
- அரசு, நிலைTamil
- స్థితిTelugu
- давлатTajik
- รัฐThai
- döwletTurkmen
- estadoTagalog
- eyalet, hâl, devlet, il, durumTurkish
- дәүләтTatar
- دۆلەتUyghur, Uighur
- стано́вище, держа́ва, станUkrainian
- ریاست, حالتUrdu
- davlatUzbek
- nhà nước, tiểu bangVietnamese
- מעדינעYiddish
- 州Chinese
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