Definition of STATE

state

Plural: states

Noun

  • the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation
    • "his state is in the deep south"
  • the way something is with respect to its main attributes
    • "the current state of knowledge"
    • "his state of health"
    • "in a weak financial state"
  • the group of people comprising the government of a sovereign state
    • "the state has lowered its income tax"
  • a politically organized body of people under a single government
    • "the state has elected a new president"
  • (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"
  • a state of depression or agitation
    • "he was in such a state you just couldn't reason with him"
  • the territory occupied by a nation
  • the federal department in the United States that sets and maintains foreign policies
    • "the Department of State was created in 1789"
  • A condition; a set of circumstances applying at any given time.
  • A condition; a set of circumstances applying at any given time.
  • A complete description of a system, consisting of parameters that determine all properties of the system.
  • A condition; a set of circumstances applying at any given time.
  • A mess; disorder; a bad condition or set of circumstances.
  • A condition; a set of circumstances applying at any given time.
  • The stable condition of a processor during a particular clock cycle.
  • A condition; a set of circumstances applying at any given time.
  • The set of all parameters relevant to a computation.
  • A condition; a set of circumstances applying at any given time.
  • The values of all parameters at some point in a computation.
  • A condition; a set of circumstances applying at any given time.
  • The physical property of matter as solid, liquid, gas or plasma.
  • A condition; a set of circumstances applying at any given time.
  • 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.
  • High social standing or circumstance.
  • Pomp, ceremony, or dignity.
  • High social standing or circumstance.
  • Rank; condition; quality.
  • High social standing or circumstance.
  • Condition of prosperity or grandeur; wealthy or prosperous circumstances; social importance.
  • High social standing or circumstance.
  • A chair with a canopy above it, often standing on a dais; a seat of dignity; also, the canopy itself.
  • High social standing or circumstance.
  • A great person, a dignitary; a lord or prince.
  • High social standing or circumstance.
  • Estate, possession.
  • A polity or community.
  • Any sovereign polity or community; the government of a country or city-state.
  • A polity or community.
  • A political division of a federation retaining a notable degree of autonomy, as in the United States, Mexico, Nigeria, or India.
  • A polity or community.
  • A form of government other than a monarchy.
  • A polity or community.
  • A society larger than a tribe. A society large enough to form a state in the sense of a government.
  • An element of the range of the random variables that define a random process.
  • The lexical aspect (aktionsart) of verbs or predicates that do not change over time.

Verb

Verb Forms: stated, stating, states

  • To express something clearly or formally in words.
  • express in words
    • "state your opinion"
    • "state your name"
  • put before
  • indicate through a symbol, formula, etc.
  • To declare to be a fact.
  • To make known.

Adj

  • Stately.

Examples

  • A debugger can show the state of a program at any breakpoint.
  • a state of being
  • a state of emergency
  • absolute state
  • He had to state his word clearly so his Scrabble opponent could verify it.
  • He stated that he was willing to help.
  • in a bit of a state
  • in a state
  • in state
  • In the fetch state, the address of the next instruction is placed on the address bus.
  • State your intentions.
  • The President's body will lie in state at the Capitol.
  • The state here includes a set containing all names seen so far.

Origin / Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-
Latin statuslbor.
Old French estatbor.
Middle English stat
English state
From Middle English stat (as a noun); adopted c. 1200 from both Old French estat and Latin stātus (“manner of standing, attitude, position, carriage, manner, dress, apparel; and other senses”), from stāre (“to stand”). Doublet of estate and status. The sense of "polity" develops in the 14th century. Compare French être, Greek στέω (stéo), Italian stare, Portuguese estar, Romanian sta, and Spanish estar. The verb is first attested around the beginning of the 16th century. Related to English stand.

Synonyms

body politic, commonwealth, country, Department of State, DoS, express, land, nation, posit, province, put forward, res publica, say, State Department, state of matter, submit, tell, United States Department of State, ass in a sling, bind, bucket of syrup, calvary, communicate, condition, cross, cross to bear, difficulty, dilemma, dire straits, doghouse, fix, hole, jam, kettle of fish, ordeal, pickle, pinch, plight, position, predicament, quagmire, quandary, scenario, set up, shape, situation, spot, spot of bother, state, state of affairs, status, sticky situation, sticky wicket, tight spot, trouble

Antonyms

occurrence

Scrabble Score: 5

state: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
state: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
state: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 5

state: valid Words With Friends Word