state Meaning and Definition

1. n. the way something is with respect to its main attributes

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

3. n. a politically organized body of people under a single government

4. n. the group of people comprising the government of a sovereign state

5. n. the territory occupied by a nation

6. n. the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation

7. n. a state of depression or agitation

8. n. (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)

9. v. put before

10. v. express in words

11. v. indicate through a symbol, formula, etc.