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(noun) the way something is with respect to its main attributes; "the current state of knowledge"; "his state of health"; "in a weak financial state" |
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Related Words: action, activeness, activity, agency, antagonism, being, beingness, cognitive state, condition, conditionality, conflict, damnation, dead letter, death, degree, delegacy, dependance, dependence, dependency, destruction, disorder, dystopia, employ, employment, end, enmity, eternal damnation, existence, flawlessness, forthcomingness, freedom, grace, hostility, illumination, immatureness, immaturity, imminence, imminency, impendence, impendency, imperfection, imperfectness, inaction, inactiveness, inactivity, integrity, isomerism, level, matureness, maturity, medium, motion, motionlessness, natural state, nature, ne plus ultra, non-issue, nonbeing, office, omnipotence, omniscience, order, ownership, perfection, point, position, power, preparedness, readiness, receivership, relationship, representation, sale, situation, skillfulness, stage, state of affairs, state of grace, state of mind, state of nature, status, stillness, temporary state, turgor, unemployment, union, unity, utopia, wholeness, wild |
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(verb) express an idea, etc. in words; "He said that he wanted to marry her"; "tell me what is bothering you"; "state your opinion" |
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Synonyms: say, tell |
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Related Words: add, announce, answer, append, articulate, declare, enunciate, explain, express, get out, give, give tongue to, introduce, lay out, mention, misstate, note, observe, play down, preface, premise, present, remark, reply, respond, soft-pedal, supply, utter, vocalize |
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(satellite adjective) in the service of the community or nation; "state security" |
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(satellite adjective) supported and operated by the government of a state; "a state university" |
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Synonyms: state-supported |
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(noun) a politically organized body of people under a single government; "the state has elected a new president" |
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Synonyms: body politic, commonwealth, country, land, nation, res publica |
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Related Words: Reich, ally, city state, great power, major power, political unit, power, sea power, superpower, suzerain, world power |
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(noun) the group of people comprising the government of a sovereign state; "the state has lowered its income tax" |
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Related Words: Soviets, authorities, government, regime, welfare state |
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(noun) the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation; "his state is in the deep south" |
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Synonyms: province |
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Related Words: American state, Assam, Australian state, Bavaria, Bihar, Buganda, Canadian province, Chihuahua, Eritrea, Gansu, Gujarat, Gujerat, Indonesian Borneo, Italian region, Kalimantan, Kansu, Lower Saxony, Orissa, Sichuan, Soviet Socialist Republic, Szechuan, Szechwan, Tirol, Tyrol, Yunnan, administrative district, administrative division, commonwealth, territorial division |
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(noun) (informal) a state of depression or agitation; "he was in such a state you just couldn't reason with him" |
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Related Words: emotional state, spirit |
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(verb) put before; "I submit to you that the accused is guilty" |
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Synonyms: put forward, submit |
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Related Words: advise, propose, suggest |
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(verb) indicate through a symbol, formula, etc.; "Can you express this distance in kilometers?" |
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Synonyms: express |
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Related Words: denote, refer, vote |
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(noun) the territory occupied by a nation; "he returned to the land of his birth"; "he visited several European countries" |
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Synonyms: country, land, nation |
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Related Words: African country, African nation, Antigua and Barbuda, Asian country, Asian nation, Australia, Bahama Islands, Bahamas, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Ceylon, Commonwealth of Australia, Comoros, Cuba, Cyprus, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Dutch East Indies, European country, European nation, Fiji, Friendly Islands, Grenada, Haiti, Iceland, Indonesia, Israel, Jamaica, Kiribati, Maldives, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Nauru, New Hebrides, New Zealand, North American country, North American nation, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Republic of the Philippines, Russia, Saint Christopher-Nevis, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Samoa i Sisifo, Sao Thome e Principe, Sao Tome e Principe, Seychelles, Solomon Islands, South American country, South American nation, Soviet Union, Sri Lanka, St. Christopher-Nevis, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Thomas and Principe, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Turkmen, Turkmenia, Turkmenistan, Turkomen, Tuvalu, USSR, Ukraine, Ukrayina, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Vanuatu, Western Samoa, Yisrael, Zion, administrative district, administrative division, buffer country, buffer state, country of origin, fatherland, homeland, kingdom, mother country, motherland, native land, territorial division |
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(noun) (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" |
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Synonyms: state of matter |
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Related Words: chemical phenomenon, gas, liquid, liquidity, liquidness, phase, plasma, solid, solidness |
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(noun) the federal department that sets and maintains foreign policies; "the Department of State was created in 1789" |
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Synonyms: Department of State, State Department |
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Related Words: executive department |
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