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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024state•hood (stāt′hŏŏd),USA pronunciation n. - Governmentthe status or condition of being a state, esp. a state of the U.S.
- state + -hood 1865–70, American.
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024state /steɪt/USA pronunciation n., adj., v., stat•ed, stat•ing. n. - the condition of a person or thing with respect to circumstances or experiences;
the way something is:[countable* usually singular]the state of one's health. - the condition of substances with respect to structure, form, etc.:[countable]Water in a gaseous state is steam.
- status or position in life, esp. for a person of wealth and rank:[uncountable]to travel in state.
- a tense, nervous, or disturbed condition:[countable* usually singular]I was in a state over losing my job.
- Government a politically unified people occupying a definite territory;
nation:[countable* sometimes: State]the State of Israel. - Government[countable* sometimes: State] any of the political units that together make up a federal union, as in the United States of America.
- Government the authority, rule, and administration of a country:[uncountable]affairs of state.
adj. [before a noun] - Governmentof or relating to the central civil government.
- Governmentof, maintained by, or under the authority of a unit of a federal union:a state highway.
- characterized by, or involving, ceremony:a state dinner.
v. - to declare or say, as in speech or writing: [~ + object]Please state your name and address.[used with quotations]"I was there,'' he stated, "and I saw the whole crime.''
- to set forth in definite form:[~ + object]to state a problem.
Idioms- Idioms lie in state, [no object] (of a corpse) to be exhibited publicly with honors before burial.
state•hood, n. [uncountable]See -stat-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024state (stāt),USA pronunciation n., adj., v., stat•ed, stat•ing.
n. - the condition of a person or thing, as with respect to circumstances or attributes:a state of health.
- the condition of matter with respect to structure, form, constitution, phase, or the like:water in a gaseous state.
- status, rank, or position in life;
station:He dresses in a manner befitting his state. - the style of living befitting a person of wealth and high rank:to travel in state.
- a particular condition of mind or feeling:to be in an excited state.
- an abnormally tense, nervous, or perturbed condition:He's been in a state since hearing about his brother's death.
- Governmenta politically unified people occupying a definite territory;
nation. - Governmentthe territory, or one of the territories, of a government.
- Government(sometimes cap.) any of the bodies politic which together make up a federal union, as in the United States of America.
- Governmentthe body politic as organized for civil rule and government (distinguished from church).
- Governmentthe operations or activities of a central civil government:affairs of state.
- Government, Informal Terms(cap.) Also called State Department. [Informal.]the Department of State.
- Printinga set of copies of an edition of a publication which differ from others of the same printing because of additions, corrections, or transpositions made during printing or at any time before publication.
- lie in state, (of a corpse) to be exhibited publicly with honors before burial:The president's body lay in state for two days.
- Informal Terms the States, the United States (usually used outside its borders):After a year's study in Spain, he returned to the States.
adj. - Governmentof or pertaining to the central civil government or authority.
- Governmentmade, maintained, or chartered by or under the authority of one of the commonwealths that make up a federal union:a state highway; a state bank.
- characterized by, attended with, or involving ceremony:a state dinner.
- used on or reserved for occasions of ceremony.
v.t. - to declare definitely or specifically:She stated her position on the case.
- to set forth formally in speech or writing:to state a hypothesis.
- to set forth in proper or definite form:to state a problem.
- to say.
- to fix or settle, as by authority.
- Latin status (rērum) state (of things) or status (reī pūblicae) state (of the republic)
- Latin status condition (see status); in defs. 7–11
- Middle English stat (noun, nominal), partly aphetic variant of estat estate, partly 1175–1225
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged State, condition, situation, status are terms for existing circumstances or surroundings. State is the general word, often with no concrete implications or material relationships:the present state of affairs.Condition carries an implication of a relationship to causes and circumstances:The conditions made flying impossible.Situation suggests an arrangement of circumstances, related to one another and to the character of a person:He was master of the situation.Status carries official or legal implications; it suggests a complete picture of interrelated circumstances as having to do with rank, position, standing, a stage reached in progress, etc.:the status of negotiations.
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged standing.
- 18.See corresponding entry in Unabridged stately, ceremonial, imposing, dignified.
- 20.See corresponding entry in Unabridged aver, assert, asseverate, affirm. See maintain.
- 24.See corresponding entry in Unabridged determine.
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