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- [steyt]
- /steɪt/
- /steɪt/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [steyt]
- /steɪt/
Definitions of state word
- noun state the condition of a person or thing, as with respect to circumstances or attributes: a state of health. 1
- noun state the condition of matter with respect to structure, form, constitution, phase, or the like: water in a gaseous state. 1
- noun state status, rank, or position in life; station: He dresses in a manner befitting his state. 1
- noun state the style of living befitting a person of wealth and high rank: to travel in state. 1
- noun state a particular condition of mind or feeling: to be in an excited state. 1
- noun state an abnormally tense, nervous, or perturbed condition: He's been in a state since hearing about his brother's death. 1
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Origin of state
First appearance:
before 1175 One of the 8% oldest English words
1175-1225; Middle English stat (noun), partly aphetic variant of estat estate, partly < Latin status condition (see status); in defs 7-11 < Latin status (rērum) state (of things) or status (reī pūblicae) state (of the republic)
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Parts of speech for State
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
state popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
state usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for state
verb state
- affirm — If you affirm that something is true or that something exists, you state firmly and publicly that it is true or exists.
- air — Air is the mixture of gases which forms the Earth's atmosphere and which we breathe.
- allege — If you allege that something bad is true, you say it but do not prove it.
- animadvert — to comment with strong criticism (upon); make censorious remarks (about)
- announce — If you announce something, you tell people about it publicly or officially.
noun state
- area — An area is a particular part of a town, a country, a region, or the world.
- augustness — inspiring reverence or admiration; of supreme dignity or grandeur; majestic: an august performance of a religious drama.
- ballgame — any game played with a ball
- body politic — The body politic is all the people of a nation when they are considered as a complete political group.
- bourgeoisie — In Marxist theory, the bourgeoisie are the middle-class people who own most of the wealth in a capitalist system.
adj state
- conjunct — joined; united
- countrywide — Something that happens or exists countrywide happens or exists throughout the whole of a particular country.
- federal — pertaining to or of the nature of a union of states under a central government distinct from the individual governments of the separate states, as in federal government; federal system.
- interstate — connecting or involving different states: interstate commerce.
- national — of, relating to, or maintained by a nation as an organized whole or independent political unit: national affairs.
adjective state
- ceremonial — Something that is ceremonial relates to a ceremony or is used in a ceremony.
- intermutual — (obsolete) mutual.
- nationalised — Simple past tense and past participle of nationalise.
- nationalized — Simple past tense and past participle of nationalize.
- nonprofit — not established for the purpose of making a profit; not entered into for money: a nonprofit institution.
Antonyms for state
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