Main entry: state
Definition: the way something is with respect to its main attributes
Usage: the current state of knowledge; his state of health; in a weak financial state
Main entry: Department of State, DoS, State, State Department, United States Department of State
Definition: the federal department in the United States that sets and maintains foreign policies
Usage: the Department of State was created in 1789
Main entry: res publica, state, country, commonwealth, body politic, nation, land
Definition: a politically organized body of people under a single government
Usage: 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
Main entry: state
Definition: the group of people comprising the government of a sovereign state
Usage: the state has lowered its income tax
Main entry: country, state, land
Definition: the territory occupied by a nation
Usage: he returned to the land of his birth; he visited several European countries
Definition: the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation
Usage: his state is in the deep south
Main entry: state
Definition: a state of depression or agitation
Usage: he was in such a state you just couldn't reason with him
Main entry: state, state of matter
Definition: (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)
Usage: the solid state of water is called ice
Main entry: posit, put forward, submit, state
Definition: put before
Usage: I submit to you that the accused is guilty
Definition: express in words
Usage: He said that he wanted to marry her; tell me what is bothering you; state your opinion; state your name
Definition: indicate through a symbol, formula, etc.
Usage: Can you express this distance in kilometers?