dictionary | A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z |
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NOUN | 1 | state | The group of people comprising the government of a sovereign state |
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2 | state, province | The territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation | |
3 | state, nation, country, land, commonwealth, res publica, body politic | A politically organized body of people under a single government | |
4 | state | The way something is with respect to its main attributes | |
5 | State, Department of State, State Department, DoS | The federal department in the UnitedStates that sets and maintains foreign policies | |
6 | state, country, land | The territory occupied by a nation | |
7 | state | A state of depression or agitation | |
8 | state, state of matter | (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) | |
VERB | 1 | state, say, tell | Express in words |
2 | state, submit, put forward, posit | Put before | |
3 | state, express | Indicate through a symbol, formula, etc. |
Sounds | stey't |
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Rhymes | abate, abbreviate, abdicate, and 533 more rhymes in eyt at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | The group of people comprising the government of a sovereign state. |
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Examples | "the state has lowered its income tax" |
Narrower | Soviets; welfare state |
Broader | government, authorities, regime |
Meaning | The territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation. |
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Examples | "his state is in the deep south" |
Synonyms | province |
Member of | country, state, land |
Narrower | commonwealth; eparchy; American state; Guangdong, Kwangtung, Guangdong province; Gansu, Kansu, Gansu province; Hebei, Hopei, Hopeh, Hebei province; Hunan, Hunan province; Szechwan, Sichuan, Szechuan, Szechwan province; Yunnan, Yunnan province; Xinjiang, Sinkiang, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region; Inner Mongolia, Nei Monggol; Chihuahua; Lower Saxony; Bavaria; Italian region; Kosovo; Canadian province; Australian state; Tyrol, Tirol; Assam; Karnataka, Mysore; Manipur; Andhra Pradesh; Bihar; Goa; Gujarat, Gujerat; Tamil Nadu, Madras; Uttar Pradesh; Orissa; West Bengal; Indonesian Borneo, Kalimantan; Friesland; Free State, Orange Free State; Transvaal; Cape Province, Cape of Good Hope Province, Cape Colony; Cape of Good Hope; Soviet Socialist Republic; Abkhaz, Abkhazia; Adzhar, Adzharia; Buganda |
Broader | administrative district, administrative division, territorial division |
Meaning | A politically organized body of people under a single government. |
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Examples | "the state has elected a new president" |
Synonyms | nation, country, land, commonwealth, res publica, body politic |
Parts | estate, estate of the realm |
Narrower | Dominion; Reich; rogue state, renegade state, rogue nation; suzerain; sea power; world power, major power, great power, power, superpower; city state; ally |
Broader | political unit |
Adjectives | civil |
Meaning | The way something is with respect to its main attributes. |
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Examples | "the current state of knowledge"; "his state of health"; "in a weak financial state" |
Narrower | skillfulness; cognitive state, state of mind; cleavage; medium; ornamentation; condition; condition, status; conditionality; ground state; situation, state of affairs; relationship; relationship; tribalism; utopia; dystopia; wild, natural state, state of nature; isomerism; degree, level, stage, point; office, power; status, position; being, beingness, existence; nonbeing; death; employment, employ; unemployment; order; disorder; hostility, enmity, antagonism; conflict; illumination; freedom; representation, delegacy, agency; dependence, dependance, dependency; motion; motionlessness, stillness; dead letter, non-issue; action, activity, activeness; inaction, inactivity, inactiveness; temporary state; imminence, imminency, imminentness, impendence, impendency, forthcomingness; readiness, preparedness, preparation; flux, state of flux; physiological state, physiological condition; kalemia; union, unification; maturity, matureness; immaturity, immatureness; grace, saving grace, state of grace; damnation, eternal damnation; omniscience; omnipotence; perfection, flawlessness, ne plus ultra; integrity, unity, wholeness; imperfection, imperfectness; receivership; ownership; obligation; end, destruction, death; revocation, annulment; merchantability; turgor; homozygosity; heterozygosity; plurality; polyvalence, polyvalency, multivalence, multivalency; paternity; utilization |
Meaning | The federal department in the UnitedStates that sets and maintains foreign policies. |
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Examples | "the Department of State was created in 1789" |
Synonyms | Department of State, State Department, DoS |
Parts | Bureau of Diplomatic Security, DS; Foreign Service; Bureau of Intelligence and Research, INR |
Broader | executive department |
Meaning | The territory occupied by a nation. |
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Synonyms | country, land |
Members | department; state, province |
Parts | domain, demesne, land; midland |
Narrower | banana republic; fatherland, homeland, motherland, mother country, country of origin, native land; buffer state, buffer country; kingdom; tax haven; European country, European nation; African country, African nation; Asian country, Asian nation; South American country, South American nation; North American country, North American nation; Antigua and Barbuda; Cape Verde, Republic of Cape Verde; Sri Lanka, Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, Ceylon; Comoros, Federal Islamic Republic of the Comoros; Cuba, Republic of Cuba; Haiti, Republic of Haiti; Dominican Republic; Jamaica; Barbados; Trinidad and Tobago, Republic of Trinidad and Tobago; Cyprus, Republic of Cyprus; Dominica, Commonwealth of Dominica; East Timor; Fiji, Republic of Fiji; Israel, State of Israel, Yisrael, Zion, Sion; Etruria; Australia, Commonwealth of Australia; Micronesia, Federated States of Micronesia, TT; Marshall Islands, Republic of the Marshall Islands; Tuvalu; Kiribati, Republic of Kiribati; Nauru, Republic of Nauru; Papua New Guinea, Independent State of Papua New Guinea; Bahamas, Commonwealth of the Bahamas, Bahama Islands; sultanate; Burkina Faso, Upper Volta; Indonesia, Republic of Indonesia, Dutch East Indies; Grenada; Maldives, Republic of Maldives; Malta, Republic of Malta; Mauritius, Republic of Mauritius; New Zealand; Palau, Republic of Palau, TT; Philippines, Republic of the Philippines; Saint Kitts and Nevis, Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Christopher-Nevis, St. Christopher-Nevis, St. Kitts and Nevis; Saint Lucia, St. Lucia; Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, St. Vincent and the Grenadines; Samoa, Independent State of Samoa, Western Samoa, Samoa i Sisifo; Sao Tome and Principe, Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe, Sao Tome e Principe, Sao Thome e Principe, St. Thomas and Principe; Seychelles, Republic of Seychelles; Solomon Islands; Rus; Soviet Union, Russia, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, USSR; Russia, Russian Federation; Ukraine, Ukrayina; Turkmenistan, Turkomen, Turkmen, Turkmenia; Tonga, Kingdom of Tonga, Friendly Islands; Turkey, Republic of Turkey; Vanuatu, Republic of Vanuatu, New Hebrides |
Broader | administrative district, administrative division, territorial division |
Meaning | A state of depression or agitation. |
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Examples | "he was in such a state you just couldn't reason with him" |
Broader | emotional state, spirit |
Usage | colloquialism |
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). |
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Examples | "the solid state of water is called ice" |
Synonyms | state of matter |
Category | chemistry, chemical science |
Attributes | solid; liquid; gaseous |
Narrower | phase, form; liquid, liquidness, liquidity; solid, solidness; gas; plasma |
Broader | chemical phenomenon |
Meaning | Express in words. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE |
Model | They state that there was a traffic accident |
Examples | "state your opinion"; "state your name" |
Synonyms | say, tell |
Narrower | present, represent, lay out; misstate; answer, reply, respond; precede, preface, premise, introduce; announce, declare; articulate, enunciate, vocalize, vocalise; get out; declare; declare; note, observe, mention, remark; add, append, supply; explain; give; summarize, summarise, sum, sum up |
Broader | express, verbalize, verbalise, utter, give tongue to |
Similar to | say |
Nouns | statement; statement |
Meaning | Put before. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something to somebody |
Synonyms | submit, put forward, posit |
Broader | propose, suggest, advise |
Nouns | statement; statement |
Meaning | Indicate through a symbol, formula, etc. |
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Pattern | Something ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP |
Synonyms | express |
Narrower | vote; vote |
Broader | denote, refer |