- State⇄adj. of or having to do with a nation or a state, especially a state of the United States.
Ex. a State road, State police. - state⇄adj. 1a. of or having to do with a state of the United States.
Ex. a state road, state police, a state flag.
b. of, having to do with, or belonging to the civil government or highest civil power or authority.
Ex. state control.
- state⇄energy level orstate
(Physics.) (in quantum theory) one of the usually stable states of energy of a physical system. In the atom, electrons cluster about the nucleus in various energy levels.
Ex. Each nucleus has discrete energy states, and in - state⇄expr. be in a state, (Informal.)
a. to be in a bad or disordered condition.
Ex. He leaves things lying around, and look what a state his room is in!
b. to be in an agitated or excited condition of mind or feeling.
Ex. Don't you - state⇄expr. lie in state, to lie in a coffin to be seen formally and publicly before being buried.
Ex. The dead king lay in state one day in the main hall of the royal palace. - state⇄expr. states or States, the bodies from which a national legislature, such as the States-General, was formed; estates (chiefly in historical use).
Ex. The Elector Frederick William III in 1701, in an assembly of the States, was accorded the title o - State⇄expr. the States, the United States (used especially abroad).
Ex. [The trend] apparently started in the States, where women are now said to own more capital than men (Punch). - state⇄noun 1. the condition of a person or thing at a certain time; situation.
Ex. the state of the weather, a state of war, a person's state of mind, the state of our present knowledge of the solar system. He is in a state of poor health. The house is i - State⇄noun 1a. a state, as of the United States (used especially in its official name).
Ex. The State of Texas is one of the United States.
b. a nation.
2. the territory, government, or authority of a state.
Ex. Never any State was .. - state⇄state, noun, adjective, verb, stated,stating.
- State⇄State, noun, adjective.
- state⇄v.t. 1. to tell in speech or writing; express; say.
Ex. to state one's reasons. State your opinion of the new school rules.
(SYN) declare.
2. to set forth formally or in proper form.
Ex. to state a question, to state a case. Eve