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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.
EXPANDa 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.
COLLAPSEthe 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.
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Stating
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verb (used with object)
Idiom19.
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.
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; Middle English stat (noun), partly aphetic variant of estat estate, partly < Latin status condition (see status); in defs. 7–11 < Latin status (rērum) state (of things) or status (reī pūblicae) state (of the republic)
1175–1225; Middle English stat (noun), partly aphetic variant of estat estate, partly < Latin status condition (see status); in defs. 7–11 < Latin status (rērum) state (of things) or status (reī pūblicae) state (of the republic)
Related forms
stat·a·ble, state·a·ble, adjective
an·ti·state, adjective
coun·ter·state, verb, -stat·ed, -stat·ing.
out·state, verb (used with object), -stat·ed, -stat·ing.
sub·state, noun
EXPANDSynonyms
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.
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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Word Origin & History
state
"political organization of a country, supreme civil power, government," 1530s, from state (n.1); this sense grew out of the meaning "condition of a country" with regard to government, prosperity, etc. (late 13c.), from L. phrases such as status rei publicæ "condition
EXPANDof the republic." Often in phrase church and state, which is attested from 1580s. The sense of "semi-independent political entity under a federal authority" (as in the United States of America) is from 1856; the British North American colonies occasionally were called states as far back as 1630s. The states has been short for "the United States of America" since 1777; hence stateside (1944), World War II U.S. military slang. State rights in U.S. political sense is attested from 1798; form states rights is first recorded 1858. Statesman is from 1590s
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state (stāt)
n.
A condition or situation; status.
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