state

/steit/

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Explanation of the Word "State"

The word "state" can function as both a verb and a noun, and it has several meanings depending on the context in which it is used.

Advanced Usage

• In political contexts, "state" can refer to the governing body or organization of a country.
• In science, "state" describes the physical condition of matter, such as "the solid state of water is ice."

Word Variants

• Statehood (noun): The status of being a recognized state.
• Stated (adjective): Something that has been declared or specified.

Different Meanings

1. Political Entity: A state can refer to a nation or a territory with its own government (e.g., "The state of Texas").
2. Condition: It can describe a condition or situation (e.g., "He is in a state of distress").
3. Matter: Referring to physical forms like solid, liquid, and gas.

Synonyms

• For the verb "state": express, declare, proclaim, mention.
• For the noun "state": condition, situation, territory, province, nation.

Idioms

• "In a state of flux": This means something is constantly changing.
• "State of the art": Refers to the most advanced stage of technology or development.

Phrasal Verbs

While "state" does not have common phrasal verb forms, you might encounter phrases like "state out" informally, which means to express something clearly or to emphasize a point.

Academic

Verb

1. indicate through a symbol, formula, etc.
   • Can you express this distance in kilometers?
2. put before
   • I submit to you that the accused is guilty
3. express in words
   • He said that he wanted to marry her
   • tell me what is bothering you
   • state your opinion
   • state your name

Noun

1. the federal department in the United States that sets and maintains foreign policies
   • the Department of State was created in 1789
2. the territory occupied by a nation
   • he returned to the land of his birth
   • he visited several European countries
3. a state of depression or agitation
   • he was in such a state you just couldn't reason with him
4. (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
5. 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
6. the group of people comprising the government of a sovereign state
   • the state has lowered its income tax
7. the way something is with respect to its main attributes
   • the current state of knowledge
   • his state of health
   • in a weak financial state
8. the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation
   • his state is in the deep south

Synonyms

• express
• submit
• put forward
• posit
• say
• tell
• Department of State
• United States Department of State
• State Department
• State
• DoS
• country
• land
• state of matter
• nation
• commonwealth
• res publica
• body politic
• province