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state: 01. The children have been in a constant [state] of excitement since we told them we were going to go skiing for the Christmas holidays.

02. Please [state] your name and address.

03. You can't go to the party in that [state]; you're a mess!

04. Former Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau once remarked that the [state] had no business in the bedrooms of the nation.

05. In my opinion, it is wrong for the [state] to execute someone, just as it is wrong for an individual to kill someone.

06. Melanie's father was in a serious [state] of depression after the death of her mother.

07. Please [state] clearly your purpose for visiting this country at the bottom of the page.

08. Ralph Waldo Emerson once suggested that a man's wife has more power over him than the [state] has.

09. There is a German proverb which observes that criticism of the [state] is alright, but don't forget the nation is you.

10. The young boy was in a vegetative [state] after the car accident.

11. Health care in Moldova is paid for by the [state], not by private insurance companies.

12. More people live in California than in any other [state] in the U.S.

13. Following World War Two, Yugoslavia became an independent communist [state] under Marshall Tito.

14. The [state] of the economy in Estonia is greatly influenced by developments in Finland and Sweden, two major trading partners.

15. On 20 May 2002, East Timor was internationally recognized as an independent [state].

16. Plato once stated, "Our object in the construction of the [State] is the greatest happiness of the whole, and not that of any one class."

17. As [stated] in the municipal regulations, you cannot water your garden more than once a week during the dry summer months.

18. It is sometimes difficult for me to [state] my opinion clearly in English.

19. Matter exists in three [states]: solid, liquid and gas.

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Synonyms:

Condition, situation, position, plight, predicament, pass, case, category / Rank, condition, quality / Commonwealth, civil community, body politic / Pomp, parade, dignity, grandeur, magnificence, glory, greatness, Express (with particularity), explain, specify, set forth, narrate, recite, represent fully, declare, affirm, National, public

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state — state, the state The state is a distinct set of institutions that has the authority to make the rules which govern society . It has, in the words of Max Weber, a ‘monopoly on legitimate violence’ within a specific territory. Hence, the state… … Dictionary of sociology
State — (st[=a]t), n. [OE. stat, OF. estat, F. [ e]tat, fr. L. status a standing, position, fr. stare, statum, to stand. See {Stand}, and cf. {Estate}, {Status}.] 1. The circumstances or condition of a being or thing at any given time. [1913 Webster]… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
state — [steɪt] noun 1. [countable usually singular] the condition that someone or something is in at a particular time: • The property market is in a poor state. • I personally think the economy is in a worse state than the Government has been admitting … Financial and business terms
state — n often attrib 1 a: a politically organized body of people usu. occupying a definite territory; esp: one that is sovereign b: the political organization that has supreme civil authority and political power and serves as the basis of government… … Law dictionary
state — [stāt] n. [ME < OFr & L: OFr estat < L status, state, position, standing < pp. of stare, to STAND] 1. a set of circumstances or attributes characterizing a person or thing at a given time; way or form of being; condition [a state of… … English World dictionary
state — state; state·hood; state·less; state·less·ness; state·let; state·li·ly; state·li·ness; state·sid·er; su·per·state; tung·state; un·state; mi·cro·state; mini·state; in·ter·state; state·ly; state·ment; … English syllables
state — ► NOUN 1) the condition of someone or something at a particular time. 2) a nation or territory considered as an organized political community under one government. 3) a community or area forming part of a federal republic. 4) (the States) the… … English terms dictionary
state — It is usual to spell it with a capital initial letter when it refers to political entities, either nations (The State of Israel / a State visit), or parts of a federal nation (the State of Virginia / crossing the State border), and when it means… … Modern English usage
State — State, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Stating}.] 1. To set; to settle; to establish. [R.] [1913 Webster] I myself, though meanest stated, And in court now almost hated. Wither. [1913 Webster] Who calls the council, states the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
state — [n1] condition or mode of being accompaniment, attitude, capacity, case, category, chances, character, circumstance, circumstances, contingency, element, environment, essential, estate, event, eventuality, fix, footing, form, frame of mind, humor … New thesaurus
State — (st[=a]t), a. 1. Stately. [Obs.] Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. Belonging to the state, or body politic; public. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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