English dictionary
state
nounPronunciation
steɪt
Audio pronunciation
Parts of speech
Definitions
noun
- the way something is with respect to its main attributes
noun
- a politically organized body of people under a single government
noun
- the group of people comprising the government of a sovereign state
noun
- the territory occupied by a nation
noun
- the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation
noun
- a state of depression or agitation
noun
- (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)
verb
- put before
verb
- express in words
verb
- indicate through a symbol, formula, etc.
Example sentences
the current state of knowledge
his state of health
in a weak financial state
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
the state has lowered its income tax
he returned to the land of his birth
he visited several European countries
his state is in the deep south
he was in such a state you just couldn't reason with him
the solid state of water is called ice
I submit to you that the accused is guilty
He said that he wanted to marry her
tell me what is bothering you
state your opinion
state your name
Can you express this distance in kilometers?