Meaning & Definition of State in English

1. The territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation

• "His state is in the deep south"

2. The way something is with respect to its main attributes

• "The current state of knowledge"

• "His state of health"

• "In a weak financial state"

3. The group of people comprising the government of a sovereign state

• "The state has lowered its income tax"

4. 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"

5. (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"

6. A state of depression or agitation

• "He was in such a state you just couldn't reason with him"

7. The territory occupied by a nation

• "He returned to the land of his birth"

• "He visited several european countries"

8. The federal department in the united states that sets and maintains foreign policies

• "The department of state was created in 1789"

1. Express in words

• "He said that he wanted to marry her"

• "Tell me what is bothering you"

• "State your opinion"

• "State your name"

2. Put before

• "I submit to you that the accused is guilty"

3. Indicate through a symbol, formula, etc.

• "Can you express this distance in kilometers?"