Definitions for State
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Princeton's WordNet(3.10 / 21 votes)Rate this definition:

1. state, provincenoun

   the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation

   "his state is in the deep south"

2. 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"

3. statenoun

   the group of people comprising the government of a sovereign state

   "the state has lowered its income tax"

4. 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"

5. 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"

6. statenoun

   a state of depression or agitation

   "he was in such a state you just couldn't reason with him"

7. country, state, landnoun

   the territory occupied by a nation

   "he returned to the land of his birth"; "he visited several European countries"

8. 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"

9. 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"

10. submit, state, put forward, positverb

    put before

    "I submit to you that the accused is guilty"

11. express, stateverb

    indicate through a symbol, formula, etc.

    "Can you express this distance in kilometers?"

Wiktionary(3.67 / 6 votes)Rate this definition:

1. statenoun

   Any sovereign polity. A government.

2. statenoun

   A political division of a federation retaining a degree of autonomy, for example one of the fifty United States. See also Province.

3. statenoun

   A condition.

4. statenoun

   Pomp, ceremony, or dignity.

   The President's body will lie in state at the Capitol.

5. 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.

6. statenoun

   The set of all parameters relevant to a computation.

   The state here includes a set containing all names seen so far.

7. statenoun

   The values of all parameters at some point in a computation.

   A debugger can show the state of a program at any breakpoint.

8. statenoun

   A society larger than a tribe. A society large enough to form a state in the sense of a government.

9. statenoun

   The physical property of matter as solid, liquid, gas or plasma

10. stateverb

    To declare to be a fact.

    He stated that he was willing to help.

11. stateverb

    To make known.

    State your intentions.

12. statenoun

    an element of the range of the random variables that define a random process.

13. statenoun

    A great person, a dignitary; a lord or prince.

14. Statenoun

    State University, as the shortened form of any public university name.

15. Etymology: From status, from stare.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. STATEnoun

   Etymology: status, Latin.

   1. Condition; circumstances of nature or fortune.

   I do not
   Infer as if I thought my sister’s state
   Secure. John Milton.

   Relate what Latium was,
   Declare the past and present state of things. John Dryden, Æn.

   Like the papists is your poets state,
   Poor and disarm’d. Alexander Pope.

   2. Modification of any thing.

   Keep the state of the question in your eye. Boyle.

   3. Stationary point; crisis; height; point from which the next movement is regression.

   The deer that endureth the womb but eight months, and is compleat at six years, cannot live much more than thirty, as having passed two general motions; that is, its beginning and increase; and having but two more to run through, that is, its state and declination. Thomas Browne, Vulgar Errours.

   Tumours have their several degrees and times; as beginning, augment, state, and declination: Richard Wiseman.

   4. [ Estat, French.] Estate; signiory; possession.

   Strong was their plot,
   Their states far off, and they of wary wit. Daniel.

   5. The community; the publick; the commonwealth.

   If any thing more than your sport
   Did move your greatness, and this noble state,
   To call on him, he hopes it is no other
   But for your health sake. William Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida.

   A state’s anger
   Should not take knowledge either of fools or women. Ben Jonson, Catiline.

   I hear her talk of state matters and the senate. Ben Jonson.

   What he got by fortune,
   It was the state that now must make his right. Daniel.

   The state hath given you licence to stay on land for the space of six weeks. Francis Bacon.

   It is better the kingdom should be in good estate, with particular loss to many of the people, than that all the people should be well, and the state of the kingdom altogether lost. John Hayward.

   It is a bad exchange to wound a man’s own conscience, thereby to salve state sores. Charles I .

   For you we stay’d, as did the Grecian state
   ’Till Alexander came. Edmund Waller.

   Since they all live by begging, it were better for the state to keep them. John Graunt.

   These are the realms of unrelenting fate;
   And awful Rhadamanthus rules the state:
   He hears and judges. John Dryden, Æn.

   6. Hence single state in William Shakespeare for individuality.

   My thought, whose murther yet is but fantastical,
   Shakes so my single state of man, that function
   Is smother’d in surmise. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

   7. A republick; a government not monarchical.

   They feared nothing from a state so narrow in compass of land, and so weak, that the strength of their armies has ever been made up of foreign troops. William Temple.

   8. Rank; condition; quality.

   Fair dame, I am not to you known,
   Though in your state of honour I am perfect. William Shakespeare.

   High state the bed is where misfortune lies. Edward Fairfax.

   9. Solemn pomp; appearance of greatness.

   When in triumphant state the British muse,
   True to herself, shall barb’rous aid refuse. Wentworth Dillon.

   There kings receiv’d the marks of sov’reign pow’r:
   In state the monarchs march’d, the lictors bore
   The awful axes and the rods before. John Dryden, Æn.

   Let my attendants wait: I’ll be alone,
   Where least of state, where most of love is shown. Dryden.

   To appear in their robes would be a troublesome piece of state. Collier.

   At home surrounded by a servile crowd,
   Prompt to abuse, and in detraction loud;
   Abroad begirt with men, and swords, and spears,
   His very state acknowledging his fears. Matthew Prior.

   10. Dignity; grandeur.

   She instructed him how he should keep state, and yet with a modest sense of his misfortunes. Francis Bacon, Henry VII.

   The swan rows her state with oary feet. John Milton.

   He was staid, and in his gait
   Preserv’d a grave majestick state. Samuel Butler.

   Such cheerful modesty, such humble state,
   Moves certain love. Edmund Waller.

   Can this imperious lord forget to reign,
   Quit all his state, descend, and serve again. Alexander Pope, Statius.

   11. A seat of dignity.

   This chair shall be my state, this dagger my sceptre, and this cushion my crown. William Shakespeare, Henry IV.

   As she affected not the grandeur of a state with a canopy, she thought there was no offence in an elbow-chair. Arbuthn.

   The brain was her study, the heart her state room. Arbuth.

   12. A canopy; a covering of dignity.

   Over the chair is a state made round of ivy, somewhat whiter than ours; and the state is curiously wrought with silver and silk. Francis Bacon.

   His high throne, under state
   Of richest texture spread, at th’ upper end
   Was plac’d. John Milton, Paradise Lost.

   13. A person of high rank. Obsolete.

   She is a dutchess, a great state. Hugh Latimer.

   14. The principal persons in the government.

   The bold design
   Pleas’d highly those infernal states. John Milton.

   15. Joined with another word it signifies publick.

   I am no courtier, nor versed in state-affairs: my life hath rather been contemplative than active. Francis Bacon.

   Council! What’s that? a pack of bearded slaves,
   The scavengers that sweep states nusances,
   And are themselves the greatest. John Dryden, Cleomenes.

   I am accused of reflecting upon great states-folks. Jonathan Swift.

2. To Stateverb

   Etymology: constater, French.

   1. To settle; to regulate.

   This is so stated a rule, that all casuists press it in all cases of damage. Decay of Piety.

   This is to state accounts, and looks more like merchandize than friendship. Jeremy Collier, of Friendship.

   He is capable of corruption who receives more than what is the stated and unquestioned fee of his office. Addison.

   2. To represent in all the circumstances of modification.

   Many other inconveniences are consequent to this stating of this question; and particularly that, by those which thus state it, there hath never yet been assigned any definite number of fundamentals. Henry Hammond, on Fundamentals.

   Its present state stateth it to be what it now is. Matthew Hale.

   Were our case stated to any sober heathen, he would never guess why they who acknowledge the necessity of prayer, and confess the same God, may not ask in the same form. Decay of Piety.

   To state it fairly, imitation is the most advantageous way for a translator to shew himself, but the greatest wrong which can be done to the memory of the dead. Dryden.

   I pretended not fully to state, much less demonstrate, the truth contained in the text. Francis Atterbury.

Webster Dictionary(5.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Statenoun

   the circumstances or condition of a being or thing at any given time

2. Statenoun

   rank; condition; quality; as, the state of honor

3. Statenoun

   condition of prosperity or grandeur; wealthy or prosperous circumstances; social importance

4. Statenoun

   appearance of grandeur or dignity; pomp

5. Statenoun

   a chair with a canopy above it, often standing on a dais; a seat of dignity; also, the canopy itself

6. Statenoun

   estate, possession

7. Statenoun

   a person of high rank

8. 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

9. Statenoun

   the principal persons in a government

10. Statenoun

    the bodies that constitute the legislature of a country; as, the States-general of Holland

11. Statenoun

    a form of government which is not monarchial, as a republic

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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

15. Stateadjective

    stately

16. Stateadjective

    belonging to the state, or body politic; public

17. Stateverb

    to set; to settle; to establish

18. 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

19. Statenoun

    a statement; also, a document containing a statement

Freebase(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. 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(2.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. 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(4.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. 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(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. 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(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. state

   A country

   The state is responsible to ensure income is shared equally

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on May 22, 2021  

Matched Categories

1. • Administrative District
   • Chemical Phenomenon
   • Chemistry
   • Emotional State
   • Express
   • Government
   • Political Unit
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British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'State' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #218

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'State' in Written Corpus Frequency: #762

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'State' in Nouns Frequency: #34

4. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'State' in Verbs Frequency: #224

Anagrams for State »

1. taste

2. teats

3. testa

4. tates

How to pronounce State?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

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   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of State in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of State in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of State in a Sentence

1. Caroline Isemann:

   We look at each patient's individual circumstances and how to remain in compliance with all current state laws to the best of our ability, even if a specific diagnosis falls under medically futile exceptions provided by( the Louisiana Department of Health), the laws addressing treatment methods are much more complex and seemingly contradictory.

2. Chris Rufo:

   Critical race theory is an ideology that is almost entirely subsidized by taxpayers, the theories were developed in publicly-financed and publicly-subsidized universities, and now they are being installed as ‘diversity, equity, and inclusion’ departments in every government agency in the nation. It is not an organic philosophy.It'san elite-driven, parasitic ideology whose host is the state.

3. Julius Maada Bio:

   These attacks are therefore premeditated, orchestrated, and executed with a clear objective – to make the state ungovernable.

4. Billy Kyte:

   Increasingly, communities that take a stand are finding themselves in the firing line of companies' private security, state forces and a thriving market for contract killers, for every killing we document, many others go unreported.

5. Gene Sperling:

   If some states and localities can get this out efficiently and effectively, there's no reason every state and locality can't, there's simply no excuse, no place to hide for any state or locality that is failing to accelerate the emergency rental assistance fund.

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