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Textual thesaurus for "state"

(noun) Department of State, DoS, State, State Department, United States Department of State

the federal department in the United States that sets and maintains foreign policies

the Department of State was created in 1789


(noun) res publica, country, commonwealth, body politic, nation, land

a politically organized body of people under a single government

the state has elected a new president; African nations; students who had come to the nation's capitol; the country's largest manufacturer; an industrialized land


(noun) country, land

the territory occupied by a nation

he returned to the land of his birth; he visited several European countries


(noun) province

the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation

his state is in the deep south


(noun) 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)

the solid state of water is called ice


(verb) posit, put forward, submit

put before

I submit to you that the accused is guilty


(verb) tell, say

express in words

He said that he wanted to marry her; tell me what is bothering you; state your opinion; state your name


(verb) express

indicate through a symbol, formula, etc.

Can you express this distance in kilometers?