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| Shopping | The largest selection of STATE products: USA, UK, Canada, Deutschland, France. |
| TV Shop | As seen on TV: beauty, diets, exercise, household, kitchen, personal, vitamins, and other popular TV-products. |
| 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, United States Department of State, State Department, DoS | The federal department in the United States 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 537 more rhymes in eyt... |
| Meaning | The group of people comprising the government of a sovereign state. |
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| Examples | "the state has lowered its income tax" |
| Broader | government, authorities, regime |
| Narrower | Soviets; welfare state |
| 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 |
| Broader | political unit, political entity |
| Narrower | commonwealth country; developing country; Dominion; foreign country; Reich; rogue state, renegade state, rogue nation; suzerain; sea power; world power, major power, great power, power, superpower; city state, city-state; ally |
| Instances | Eelam, Tamil Eelam |
| Adjectives | civil |
| Meaning | The federal department in the United States that sets and maintains foreign policies. |
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| Examples | "the Department of State was created in 1789" |
| Synonyms | Department of State, United States Department of State, State Department, DoS |
| Parts | Bureau of Diplomatic Security, DS; Foreign Service; Bureau of Intelligence and Research, INR |
| Broader | executive department |
| Narrower | Foggy Bottom |
| 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" |
| Usage | colloquialism |
| Broader | emotional state, spirit |
| 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 |
| Broader | chemical phenomenon |
| Narrower | phase, form; liquid, liquidness, liquidity, liquid state; solid, solidness, solid state; gas, gaseous state; plasma |
| Attributes | solid; liquid; gaseous |
| 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 |
| Similar to | say |
| Broader | express, verbalize, verbalise, utter, give tongue to |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Broader | denote, refer |
| Narrower | vote; vote |
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