What is the meaning of state?

noun

• The territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation.
  • usage: "his state is in the deep south"
  • synonyms: province
• The way something is with respect to its main attributes.
  • usage: "the current state of knowledge"; "his state of health"; "in a weak financial state"
• The group of people comprising the government of a sovereign state.
  • usage: "the state has lowered its income tax"
• A politically organized body of people under a single government.
  • usage: "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"
  • synonyms: nation, country, land, commonwealth, res publica, body politic
• 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))
  • usage: "the solid state of water is called ice"
  • synonyms: state of matter
• A state of depression or agitation.
  • usage: "he was in such a state you just couldn't reason with him"
• The territory occupied by a nation.
  • usage: "he returned to the land of his birth"; "he visited several European countries"
  • synonyms: country, land
• The federal department in the United States that sets and maintains foreign policies.
  • usage: "the Department of State was created in 1789"
  • synonyms: Department of State, United States Department of State, State Department, DoS

verb

• Express in words.
  • usage: "He said that he wanted to marry her"; "tell me what is bothering you"; "state your opinion"; "state your name"
  • synonyms: say, tell
• Put before.
  • usage: "I submit to you that the accused is guilty"
  • synonyms: submit, put forward, posit
• Indicate through a symbol, formula, etc..
  • usage: "Can you express this distance in kilometers"
  • synonyms: express