STATE as NOUN

  1. Meaning
    • the way something is with respect to its main attributes
    Usage Example(s)
    • the current state of knowledge
    • his state of health
    • in a weak financial state
    Hyponym(s)
  2. Meaning
    • the federal department in the UnitedStates that sets and maintains foreign policies
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • the Department of State was created in 1789
    Hypernyms(s) State is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
  3. Meaning
    • a politically organized body of people under a single government
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • 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
    Hypernyms(s) state is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s)
  4. Meaning
    • the group of people comprising the government of a sovereign state
    Usage Example(s)
    • the state has lowered its income tax
    Hypernyms(s) state is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s)
  5. Meaning
    • the territory occupied by a nation
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • he returned to the land of his birth
    • he visited several European countries
    Hypernyms(s) state is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s)
  6. Meaning
    • the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • his state is in the deep south
    Hypernyms(s) state is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s)
  7. Meaning
    • a state of depression or agitation
    Usage Example(s)
    • he was in such a state you just couldn”t reason with him
    Hypernyms(s) state is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
  8. Meaning
    • (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)
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • the solid state of water is called ice
    Hypernyms(s) state is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s) Attribute(s)

STATE as VERB

  1. Meaning
    • put before
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • I submit to you that the accused is guilty
    Hypernyms(s) state is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Derived(s)
  2. Meaning
    • express in words
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • He said that he wanted to marry her
    • tell me what is bothering you
    • state your opinion
    • state your name
    Hypernyms(s) state is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s) Derived(s)
  3. Meaning
    • indicate through a symbol, formula, etc.
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • Can you express this distance in kilometers?
    Hypernyms(s) state is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s)