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Originally posted by bringer
whats a state?
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state ( P ) Pronunciation Key (stt)
n.
A condition or mode of being, as with regard to circumstances: a state of confusion.
A condition of being in a stage or form, as of structure, growth, or development: the fetal state.
A mental or emotional condition: in a manic state.
Informal. A condition of excitement or distress.
Physics. The condition of a physical system with regard to phase, form, composition, or structure: Ice is the solid state of water.
Social position or rank.
Ceremony; pomp: foreign leaders dining in state at the White House.
The supreme public power within a sovereign political entity.
The sphere of supreme civil power within a given polity: matters of state.
A specific mode of government: the socialist state.
A body politic, especially one constituting a nation: the states of Eastern Europe.
One of the more or less internally autonomous territorial and political units composing a federation under a sovereign government: the 48 contiguous states of the Union.
adj.
Of or relating to a body politic or to an internally autonomous territorial or political unit constituting a federation under one government: a monarch dealing with state matters; the department that handles state security.
Owned and operated by a state: state universities.
tr.v. stat·ed, stat·ing, states
To set forth in words; declare
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