State - Definition

n 1: the territory occupied by one of the constituent
administrative districts of a nation; "his state is in the
deep south" [syn: state, province]
2: 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: the group of people comprising the government of a sovereign
state; "the state has lowered its income tax"
4: 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" [syn: state, nation, country, land,
commonwealth, res publica, body politic]
5: (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" [syn: state of matter,
state]
6: a state of depression or agitation; "he was in such a state
you just couldn't reason with him"
7: the territory occupied by a nation; "he returned to the land
of his birth"; "he visited several European countries" [syn:
country, state, land]
8: the federal department in the United States that sets and
maintains foreign policies; "the Department of State was
created in 1789" [syn: Department of State, United States
Department of State, State Department, State, DoS]
v 1: express in words; "He said that he wanted to marry her";
"tell me what is bothering you"; "state your opinion";
"state your name" [syn: state, say, tell]
2: put before; "I submit to you that the accused is guilty"
[syn: submit, state, put forward, posit]
3: indicate through a symbol, formula, etc.; "Can you express
this distance in kilometers?" [syn: express, state]