what does state mean?
STATE as NOUN
- 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)
- 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
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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
- 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
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Attribute(s)
STATE as VERB
- Meaning
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)
- Meaning
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
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Derived(s)
- 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
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