• the way something is with respect to its main attributes; "the current State of knowledge"; "his State of health"; "in a weak financial State"
• the federal department in the UnitedStates that sets and maintains foreign policies; "the Department of State was created in 1789"
• 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"
• the group of people comprising the government of a sovereign State; "the State has lowered its income tax"
• the territory occupied by a nation; "he returned to the land of his birth"; "he visited several European countries"
• the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation; "his State is in the deep south"
• a State of depression or agitation; "he was in such a State you just couldn''t reason with him"
• (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"
• put before; "I submit to you that the accused is guilty"
• express in words; "He said that he wanted to marry her"; "tell me what is bothering you"; "State your opinion"; "State your name"
• indicate through a symbol, formula, etc.; "Can you express this distance in kilometers?"

'State' in other languages