State Meaning

There are 11 meaning(s) for word State

Meaning 1 : indicate through a symbol, formula, etc.

    Synonyms : express
Meaning 2 : the territory occupied by a nation

    Synonyms : country,  land
Meaning 3 : a politically organized body of people under a single government

    Example : the state has elected a new president

    Synonyms : body politic,  commonwealth,  country,  land,  nation,  res publica
Meaning 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)

    Example : the solid state of water is called ice

    Synonyms : state of matter
Meaning 5 : the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation

    Example : his state is in the deep south

    Synonyms : province
Meaning 6 : put before

    Synonyms : posit,  put forward,  submit
Meaning 7 : the federal department in the United States that sets and maintains foreign policies

    Synonyms : department of state,  dos,  state department,  united states department of state
Meaning 8 : express in words

    Example : state your opinion,state your name

    Synonyms : say,  tell
Meaning 9 : a state of depression or agitation

    Example : he was in such a state you just couldn't reason with him

Meaning 10 : the group of people comprising the government of a sovereign state

    Example : the state has lowered its income tax

Meaning 11 : the way something is with respect to its main attributes

    Example : the current state of knowledge,his state of health,in a weak financial state

How to Pronounce State

  • steɪt