- state
- In.government
1) to establish, found, set up a state
2) to govern, rule a state
3) a buffer; client; garrison; independent; police; puppet; secular; sovereign; welfare state
4) a member state (the member states of the UN)
condition5) a comatose; good; moribund; nervous; poor; transitional; unconscious; unspoiled; weakened state
6) one's financial; mental state
7) a gaseous; liquid; solid state
8) in a state (in a good state of repair; in a poor state of health; in a highly nervous state)
9) (misc.) the state of the art ('the level of development')
nervous condition10) in a state (she was in quite a state)
pomp11) to lie in state
one of the fifty American states12) a dry state ('a state in which the sale of alcoholic beverages is prohibited')
13) (historical; US) a border; free; slave state
IIv.1) to state clearly; emphatically
2) (B) we stated our views to them
3) (L; to) they stateed (to the reporters) that a summit conference would take place soon
4) (Q) she did not state how she expected to win the election
* * *[steɪt]emphaticallygarrisonmental statemoribundrule a statesecularset up a stateslave statesolid statesovereigntransitionalunspoiledweakened statewelfare state(B) we stated our views to them(L; to) they stateed (to the reporters) that a summit conference would take place soon(Q) she did not state how she expected to win the election(historical; US) a border['condition'] a comatose['government'] to establish['pomp'] to lie in statea buffera gaseousone's financialto governto state clearly['one of the fifty American states'] a dry state ('a state in which the sale of alcoholic beverages is prohibited')(misc.) the state of the art ('the level of development')in a state (in a good state of repair; in a poor state of health; in a highly nervous state)['nervous condition'] in a state (she was in quite a state)a member state (the member states of the UN)
Combinatory dictionary. 2013.