• noun:   the way something is with respect to its main attributes

  Example: "The current state of knowledge"

• noun:   a politically organized body of people under a single government

  Example: "The state has elected a new president"

• noun:   the group of people comprising the government of a sovereign state

  Example: "The state has lowered its income tax"

• noun:   the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation

  Example: "His state is in the deep south"

• noun:   a state of depression or agitation

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

• noun:   the territory occupied by a nation
• 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)

  Example: "The solid state of water is called ice"

• noun:   the federal department in the UnitedStates that sets and maintains foreign policies

  Example: "The Department of State was created in 1789"

• verb:   express in words

  Example: "State your opinion"

• verb:   put before
• verb:   indicate through a symbol, formula, etc.
• name:  A surname (very rare: popularity rank in the U.S.: #67563)

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