- state - the group of people comprising the government of a sovereign state; "the state has lowered its income tax"
--1 is a kind of government, authorities, regime
--1 has particulars: Soviets; welfare state- state, province - the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation; "his state is in the deep south"
--2 is a kind of administrative district, administrative division, territorial division
--2 is a member of country, state, land
--2 has particulars:- state, nation, country, land, commonwealth, res publica, body politic - a politically organized body of people under a single government; "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"
--3 is a kind of political unit
--3 has parts: estate, estate of the realm
--3 has particulars:Dominion; Reich; rogue state, renegade state, rogue nation; suzerain; sea power; world power, major power, great power, power, superpower; city state; ally - state - the way something is with respect to its main attributes; "the current state of knowledge"; "his state of health"; "in a weak financial state"
--4 has particulars:- Department of State, State Department, State, DoS - the federal department in the UnitedStates that sets and maintains foreign policies; "the Department of State was created in 1789"
--5 is a kind of executive department
--5 has parts:Bureau of Diplomatic Security, DS; Foreign Service; Bureau of Intelligence and Research, INR - country, state, land - the territory occupied by a nation; "he returned to the land of his birth"; "he visited several European countries"
--6 is a kind of administrative district, administrative division, territorial division
--6 has parts: domain, demesne, land; midland
--6 has members: department; state, province
--6 has particulars:- state - a state of depression or agitation; "he was in such a state you just couldn't reason with him"
--7 is a kind of emotional state, spirit
- state of matter, 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); "the solid state of water is called ice"
--8 is a kind of chemical phenomenon
--8 has particulars:phase, form; liquid, liquidness, liquidity; solid, solidness; gas; plasma - state, province - the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation; "his state is in the deep south"
- state, say, tell - express in words; "He said that he wanted to marry her"; "tell me what is bothering you"; "state your opinion"; "state your name"
--1 is one way to express, verbalize, verbalise, utter, give tongue to
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun statement5, noun statement1
They state that there was a traffic accident
- submit, state, put forward, posit - put before; "I submit to you that the accused is guilty"
--2 is one way to propose, suggest, advise
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun statement5, noun statement2
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
- express, state - indicate through a symbol, formula, etc.; "Can you express this distance in kilometers?"
--3 is one way to denote, refer
Sample sentences:
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP