| state | the way something is with respect to its main attributes |
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| state | a politically organized body of people under a single government |
| state | the group of people comprising the government of a sovereign state |
| state | the territory occupied by a nation |
| state | the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation |
| state | (informal) a state of depression or agitation |
| state | (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) |
| state | put before |
| state | express in words |
| state | indicate through a symbol, formula, etc. |
| state | in the service of the community or nation |
| state | supported and operated by the government of a state |