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state (s) (noun), states (pl)
1. A term for a country, especially when talking about politics: There are many states within the European Community.
2. One of the smaller districts of a large country: Two of the political states of Germany are Hessen and Bavaria.
3. The government of a country: There are certain services provided for by the state of Germany, for example the public health organization.
4. A condition relating to the emotional or mental situation of an individual: After Mary's mother died, she was in a state of terrible depression for almost 6 months.
5. A status of something in regards to its constitution: The paint was still in a liquid state before drying out completely.
This entry is located in the following unit: stato-, stat-, sta-, -static, -stasi, staso-, -stasis, -stasia, -stacy, -stitute, -stitution, -sist (page 18)
state (verb), states; stated; stating
To express in words, either in writing or orally: James stated in the conference that he had a completely different opinion to the matter at hand.

It states in the paper that the concert will take place on Saturday, not on Sunday as originally planned.

This entry is located in the following unit: stato-, stat-, sta-, -static, -stasi, staso-, -stasis, -stasia, -stacy, -stitute, -stitution, -sist (page 18)
state (adjective); more state, most state
1. Referring to a formal event involving the country's government: In the story James was reading, the king arrived safely for his state visit in the neighboring country.
2. Concerning an institution that is structured and funded by the government: The old state school was needing more financial help for the reconstruction work on the roof of the gym.
This entry is located in the following unit: stato-, stat-, sta-, -static, -stasi, staso-, -stasis, -stasia, -stacy, -stitute, -stitution, -sist (page 18)
state, state
state (STAYT) (verb)
1. To express something of importance in words: "When he prints the poster, it will state that there is to be NO SMOKING in the room."
2. To indicate something formally in speech or writing: "The lawyer will state the facts of the case."
state (STAYT) (noun)
1. A condition of temperament or physical health: "She was in a state of perfect health."

"He was in a state of frustration because he had a flat tire and he was already late for work."

2. One of several units of a nation having a federal government: "The governor of the state went to the nation's capital to meet with the President."
3. The condition of something with respect to its main attributes: "The current state of affairs at my school is calm and well organized."

We visited a state in the far north in which the state of health of its residents is remarkable. The health minister agreed to state that the state of health of the younger residents is the result of the state campaign to STOP SMOKING.

This entry is located in the following unit: Confusing Words Clarified: Group S; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc. + (page 9)
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Units related to: “state”
-acy, -cy
(Latin: suffix; state, quality, condition, or act of; forming nouns)
-ation, -ization (-iz[e] + -ation); -isation (British spelling variation)
(Greek > Latin: a suffix; action, act, process, state, or condition; or result of doing something)
-ence, -ency
(Latin: a suffix that forms nouns; action, process, state, quality, or condition of)
-id
(Latin: a suffix; meaning, state, condition; having, being, pertaining to, tending to, inclinded to)
-ity
(Latin: suffix used to form abstract nouns expressing act, state, quality, property, or condition corresponding to an adjective)
-tude
(Latin: a suffix; state, quality, condition of)
Addiction
(the state of being enslaved to a habit or practice or to something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming, as narcotics, to such an extent that its cessation causes severe trauma)
-ance, -ancy
(Latin: often through French, quality or state of; being; condition; act or fact of _______ ing; a suffix that forms nouns)
-arian
(Latin: a suffix forming adjectives from nouns ending in -ary; a person who, a thing that; a person who is a part of something, pertaining to one's state or condition; a person who has a connection with or belief in the stated subject; a promotor of something; a native or inhabitant of someplace; someone of a certain age)
-asis
(Greek > Latin: a suffix; used in medicine to denote a state or condition of)
Chemical Element: hassium
(Modern Latin: chemical element; from a Latin word Hassias meaning “Hess”, the German state of Hessen; radioactive metal)
-ia
(Greek > Latin: a suffix that forms nouns; state of, condition of, quality of; act of)
-ice
(Latin: a suffix that forms nouns; meaning, quality of, state of)
-ism, -ismus
(Greek, ismos; Latin, ismus: a suffix: belief in, practice of, condition of, process, characteristic behavior or manner, abnormal state, distinctive feature or trait)
-or; -our (primarily British)
(Latin: a suffix; state of, result of; he who, that which)
-osis, -sis, -sia, -sy, -se
(Greek > Latin: a suffix; actor, process, condition, or state of; result of; expresses a state or abnormal condition or process of some disease)
-otic +
(Greek: a suffix that means: state or condition of; diseased condition of)
privat-, priv- +
(Latin: individual; not in public life; apart from the State; belonging to an individual)
Radio Frequency Identification (RFID): State Government Restrictions
(bill is proposed in New Hampshire, U.S., to place limits on RFID applications)
-tion
(Latin: a suffix forming nouns from verbs of condition and action; an act or process: resumption, absorption; state or condition, redemption, exhaustion; something resulting from or otherwise related to an act or process, assumption, friction)
-y
(Greek: a suffix that means; state of, condition of, quality of, act of)
Word Entries containing the term: “state”
altered state (s) (noun), altered states (pl)
A condition of the mind that differs from the normal state of consciousness: An altered state is typically one that is caused by drugs, hypnosis, or mental disorders.
This entry is located in the following unit: alter- (page 1)
carceral state (s) (noun), carceral states (pl)
A state designed like a prison which is known as a "police state".

A carceral state is one that seeks to know everything about its inhabitants and visitors, but hides everything about itself. It demands transparency of everything except its own operations.

This entry is located in the following unit: carcer-, carcera- (page 1)
decerebrate rigidity, decerebrate state
A change in posture which takes place in some comatose patients, consisting of episodes of opisthotonos (a condition, caused by a tetanic spasm of the back muscles, in which the trunk is arched forward while the head and lower limbs are bent backward), rigid extension of the limbs, internal rotation of the upper extremities, and marked plantar flexion (turning the feet or toes toward the plantar surface or bottom) of the feet.

This can be produced by a variety of metabolic and structural brain disorders.

This entry is located in the following unit: rigi-, rig- (page 1)
electronic state
A physical state of electrons of a system, as specified, for example, by a Schrödinger-Pauli wave function of the positions and spin orientations of all the electrons.

The Schrödinger wave function is a function of the coordinates of the particles of a system and of time which is a solution of the Schrödinger equation and which determines the average result of every conceivable experiment on the system.

This entry is located in the following unit: electro-, electr-, electri- (page 69)
paranoid state
A transitory abnormal mental condition characterized by illogical thought processes and generalized suspicion and distrust, with a tendency toward persecutory ideas or delusions.
This entry is located in the following units: nous-, nou-, noe-, noes-, noet-, -noia + (page 2) para-, par- (page 8)
persistent vegetative state, persistent vegetative coma (s) (noun); persistent vegetative states, persistent vegetative comas (pl)
A type of coma in which the patient shows alternating sleep and wake cycles: "As a result of a severe damage to certain areas of the brain, the person is unconscious when he or she is in the persistent vegetative coma, even when that patient appears to be awake."
Radio Frequency Identification (RFID): State Government Restrictions
Bill is proposed in New Hampshire, U.S., to place limits on RFID applications.
This entry is located in the following unit: Radio Frequency Identification (RFID): Index of Units (page 1)
solid-state membrane electrode, solid state membrane electrode
An electrode in which the sensing membrane is made of a single crystal or a pressed pellet containing the salt of the ion to be sensed.
This entry is located in the following unit: electro-, electr-, electri- (page 100)
-dom
(a suffix that forms abstract and collective nouns added to adjectives to show state or condition; added to nouns to show a position, rank, or realm of; all of those who are part of a group or organization)
Word Entries at Get Words containing the term: “state”
city-state
An independent and sovereign city and its surrounding tributary territories. It is most typically used in referring to specific political entities of ancient Greece and Mesopotamia.
This entry is located in the following unit: Archeology, Archaeology (page 2)
state-of-charge; SOC
The available capacity remaining in the battery, expressed as a percentage of the rated capacity.
This entry is located in the following unit: Photovoltaic Conversion Efficiency Terms + (page 20)
steady-state theory
1. A theory of the evolution of the universe that states that the universe has always been in the state it is now, which leads to the implication that the universe has no origin, but has always existed.
2. A rival theory to that of the Big Bang which claims that the universe has no origin but is expanding because new matter is being created continuously throughout the universe.

The theory was proposed in 1948 by Austrian-born British cosmologist Hermann Bondi, Austrian-born U.S. astronomer and physicist Thomas Gold, and English astronomer Fred Hoyle, but this concept was challenged in 1965 by the discovery of cosmic background radiation and is now largely rejected by scientists.

This entry is located in the following unit: Astronomy and related astronomical terms (page 25)
valence level energy/valence state; bound state
Energy content of an electron in orbit about an atomic nucleus.
This entry is located in the following unit: Photovoltaic Conversion Efficiency Terms + (page 23)