Sekirov Dictionary

state

/steɪt/

noun 24
verb 2
adjective 1
forms 6
phrases 8

noun24

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a condition or situation that someone or something is in at a particular time
- Relate what Latium was, her ancient Kings : / Declare the past, and present State of things, / When first the Trojan Fleet Ausonia sought ; / And how the Rivals lov’d, and how they fought. — 1697
A political entity that regulates society and the population within a definite territory.
The current governing political entity in which the speaker lives.
A polity or community.
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A sovereign country or city state with a central government acting as its head and operator; national issues and affairs as opposed to local ones.
- Never do anything against conscience even if the state demands it. — 1949
A society larger than a tribe. A society large enough to form a state in the sense of a government.
The physical property of matter as solid, liquid, gas or plasma.
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(informal) A mess; disorder; a bad condition or set of circumstances.
- Who the fuck undressed me? Try tracing back. It's now Sunday. Yesterday was Saturday. The semi-final at Hampden. I had got myself into some fucking state before and after the match. — 1994
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A political division of a federation retaining a notable degree of autonomy, as in the United States, Mexico, Nigeria, or India.
- His alibi is that he was out of state the night of the murder.
A complete description of a system, consisting of parameters that determine all properties of the system.
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The stable condition of a processor during a particular clock cycle.
- In the fetch state, the address of the next instruction is placed on the address bus.
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The set of all parameters relevant to a computation.
- The state here includes a set containing all names seen so far.
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The values of all parameters at some point in a computation.
- A debugger can show the state of a program at any breakpoint.
An element of the range of the random variables that define a random process.
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Pomp, ceremony, or dignity.
- The President's body will lie in state at the Capitol.
High social standing or circumstance.
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Rank; condition; quality.
- And lesned by that small, God I beseech him, / Thy honor, state, and seate, is due to me. — 1593
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Condition of prosperity or grandeur; wealthy or prosperous circumstances; social importance.
- First, in princely behaviour and gesture, teaching him how he should keep of a kind of state, and yet, with a modest sense of his misfortunes. — 1616
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The lexical aspect (aktionsart) of verbs or predicates that do not change over time.
- The most basic Aktionsart distinction is between states and occurrences. — 2010
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A chair with a canopy above it, often standing on a dais; a seat of dignity; also, the canopy itself.
- […]and from the dore / Of that Plutonia Hall, invisible / Ascended his high Throne, which under state / Of richest texture spred, at th’ upper end / Was plac’t in regal lustre. — 1667
(no longer used) Highest and stationary condition, as that of maturity between growth and decline, or as that of crisis between the increase and the abating of a disease; height; acme.
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(no longer used) A great person, a dignitary; a lord or prince.
- We in the name of other Persean states, And commons of this mightie Monarchy, Present thee with the Emperiall Diadem. — 1587
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(no longer used) Estate, possession.
- Your ’State, my Lord, again is yours. — 1619
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(no longer used) A form of government other than a monarchy.
- Well monarchies may own religion’s name, / But states are atheists in their very frame. — 1662

verb2

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To declare to be a fact.
- He stated that he was willing to help.
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To make known.
- State your intentions.

adjective1

(no longer used) Stately.

forms

stated · stating · states · States · more state · most state

Phrases with state

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