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Meaning of state | Babel Free

Noun CEFR A2 Common
steɪt

Definitions

  1. A current governing polity, country, city-state, or community
  2. country, land (any broad area or territory)
  3. A condition; a set of circumstances applying at any given time.
  4. A current governing polity, country, city-state, or community.
  5. State University, as the shortened form of a public university name.
  6. The current governing polity, country, city-state, or community under which the speaker lives
  7. alternative letter-case form of Estado (“state, a territory with a formally recognized sovereign government; administration, its government”)
  8. To set forth in words; declare.
  9. A complete description of a system, consisting of parameters that determine all properties of the system.
  10. The current governing polity, country, city-state, or community under which the speaker lives.
    often, with-definite-article
  11. State University, as the shortened form of a public university name
  12. state (a province, particularly a fairly autonomous one within a federation)
  13. lie in state, (of a corpse) to be exhibited publicly with honors before burial.
  14. A mess; disorder; a bad condition or set of circumstances.
    colloquial, singular
  15. state, status (a condition)
  16. noble, dignified and impressive in appearance or manner. She is tall and stately; a stately house. adel, indrukwekkend جَليل، مَهيب، نَبيل величествен majestoso majestátní stattlich statelig; imponerende αρχοντικός, επιβλητικός väärikas رسمي uljas majestueuxמרשים, טקסי शानदार, भव्य, गौरवपूर्ण, गौरवमय uzvišen, veličanstven méltóságteljes anggun tígulegur imponente 堂々とした 당당한, 위엄 있는, 장엄한, 품위 있는 didingas, prakilnus cēls; grezns; stalts anggun statigverdig, elegant, majestetisk pełen godności, oka...
  17. The stable condition of a processor during a particular clock cycle.
  18. estado, Spanish fathom (a traditional unit of length equivalent to about 167 cm)
  19. adelheid جَلال، مَهابَه، بَهاء държавническо изкуство imponência vznešenost die Stattlichkeit statelighed αρχοντιά, επιβλητικότητα väärikus شكوه uljaus majestéטקסיות गौरव uzvišenost, dostojanstvo méltóságteljesség keanggunan tíguleiki grandiosità 威厳 위엄 있음, 장엄함, 품위 있음 didingumas, prakilnumas cēlums; greznība; staltums keanggunan statigheidverdighet, elegansemajestat imponência majestate величественность vznešenosť dostojanstvenost velelepnost ståtlighet ความสง่างาม; ความสูงส่ง, ความโอ่โถง göst...
  20. The set of all parameters relevant to a computation.
  21. a person who plays an important part in the government of a state. staatsman رَجُل دَوْلَه، سِياسي مُحَنَّك опитен държавник estadista státník der Staatsmann statsmand σημαντική φυσιογνωμία της πολιτικής riigimees دولتمرد valtiomies homme, femme d'État מדינאי राजनेता državnik államférfi negarawan stjórnmálaskörungur statista, uomo di stato 政治家 정치가 valstybės veikėjas, valstybininkas valstsvīrs negarawan staatsmanstatsmann mąż stanu estadista om de stat; politician государственный деятель štátn...
  22. The values of all parameters at some point in a computation.
  23. showing the qualities of a good statesman. diplomaties يُظْهِرُ صِفات رَجُل الدَّوْلَه държавнически próprio de estadista státnický staatsmännisch statsmandagtig που χαρακτηρίζει τον ικανό πολιτικό riigimehelik دولتمرد مانند valtiomiestaitoa osoittava diplomatique נִיחַן בִּתבוּנָה מְדִינִית अच्छे राजनेता का गुण प्रदर्शित करना državnički államférfiúi bersifat negarawan stjórnspekingslegur di/da statista 政治家にふさわしい 정치가다운 valstybiškas valstsvīra-; valstsvīra cienīgs bersifat negarawan als een st...
  24. The physical property of matter as solid, liquid, gas or plasma.
  25. skill in directing the affairs of a state. diplomatiek حُنْكَة في السِّياسَه، مَهارَة في تَدْبير شُؤون الدَّولَه умение за ръководене на държава arte de governar státnické schopnosti Staatskunst statmandskunst πολιτική τέχνη riigimehelikkus دولتمردي valtiomiestaito diplomatie תְּבוּנָה מְדִינִית राजनीतिमत्ता državništvo, državnička mudrost államférfiúi képesség kenegarawan stjórnviska (arte di governare) 政治的手腕 정치적 수완 valstybės valdymo menas māksla pārvaldīt valsti kemahiran mengendali urusan ...
  26. 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.
    obsolete
  27. to become very upset or anxious. bang/kwaad word تَثورُ ثائِرَتُه разстройвам се ficar enervado vzrušovat se aus dem Häuschen geraten blive meget ophidset; blive meget bekymret αναστατώνομαι, γίνομαι ανήσυχος närvi minema نگران شدن hermostua se mettre dans tous ses états לְהִכַּנֵס לְלָחַץ बहुत परेशान होना uzrujati se, uznemiriti se izgulni kezd menjadi gelisah komast í uppnám agitarsi, innervosirsi 取り乱した 흥분하다 pulti į paniką uztraukties gelisah overstuur raken være helt ute av seg, være i en ...
  28. High social standing or circumstance.
  29. Pomp, ceremony, or dignity.
  30. (of a corpse) to be laid in a place of honour for the public to see, before burial. in staatsie يُسَجّى قَبْل الدَّفِن изложен съм за поклонение ficar em câmara ardente být vystaven (v rakvi) feierlich aufgebahrt liegen ligge på lit de parade εκτίθεμαι σε λαϊκό προσκύνημα lahtises kirstus lamama (auavaldusteks) دراز كشيدن در جمع olla julkisesti nähtävillä être exposé en chapelle ardente לְהָצִיג אָרוֹן לַצִיבּוּר राजकीय सम्मान के साथ अंत्येष्टि ležati na odru, biti izložen na odru felravatalo...
  31. Rank; condition; quality.
  32. to say or announce clearly, carefully and definitely. You have not yet stated your intentions. vermeld, omskryf يُصَرِّح заявявам declarar vyhlásit erklären erklære; meddele δηλώνω teatama, esitama اظهار داشتن ilmaista déclarer לְהַצהִיר प्रकट करना, स्पष्ट करना objasniti, jasno izložiti kijelent, állít, megállapít menyatakan lÿsa yfir, staðhæfa dichiarare 述べる 진술하다 pareikšti, išdėstyti formulēt; izklāstīt menyatakan verklarenerklære, uttaleprzedstawiać declarar a declara, a formula заявлять vy...
  33. Condition of prosperity or grandeur; wealthy or prosperous circumstances; social importance.
  34. A chair with a canopy above it, often standing on a dais; a seat of dignity; also, the canopy itself.
  35. A great person, a dignitary; a lord or prince.
    obsolete
  36. Estate, possession.
    obsolete
  37. A polity or community.
  38. A sovereign country or city-state and its government, often used as synonym of the latter.
  39. A political division of a federation retaining a notable degree of autonomy, as in the United States, Mexico, Nigeria, or India.
  40. A form of government other than a monarchy.
    obsolete
  41. A society larger than a tribe. A society large enough to form a state in the sense of a government.
  42. An element of the range of the random variables that define a random process.
  43. The lexical aspect (aktionsart) of verbs or predicates that do not change over time.

Equivalents

Afrikaans staat
Azərbaycanca dövlət ştat
Беларуская дзяржава штат
བོད་སྐད རྒྱལ་ཁབ
Català declarar estat
Čeština stát stav
Cymraeg talaith
Dansk delstat stat
Esperanto stato subŝtato
Eesti riik
Suomi ilmoittaa osavaltio tila valtio
Français état Indiquer state
Gàidhlig stàit
Galego estado
Hausa jiha
ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi mokuʻāina
עברית ארץ מדינה מצב
Bahasa Indonesia negara negara bagian
Íslenska fylki ríki
ខ្មែរ រដ្ឋ
ಕನ್ನಡ ದೇಶ
한국어 국가 상태 선언 합중국
Kurdî bang eyalet il land rike stare
Кыргызча дөөлөт мамлекет
ລາວ ລັດ
Lietuvių valstybė
Latviešu valsts
Te Reo Māori whenua
Македонски држава
Монгол муж улс ᠤᠯᠤᠰ
Bahasa Melayu negara negeri
မြန်မာဘာသာ နိုင်ငံ ပြည်နယ်
Nederlands bekendmaken staat
Polski oznajmiać oznajmić państwo stan
پښتو کشور
Português declarar estado indicar
Română stare stat
Slovenčina štát
Slovenščina država
Svenska ange delstat rike stat
Kiswahili dola hali nchi
తెలుగు స్థితి
Türkmençe döwlet
Tagalog banwa ipahayag
ئۇيغۇرچە دۆلەت
Українська держава штат
Oʻzbekcha davlat

Examples

“a state of being”
“a state of emergency”
“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.”
“I corralled the judge, and we started off across the fields, in no very mild state of fear of that gentleman's wife, whose vigilance was seldom relaxed.”
“States in which the energy has definite values are called stationary states of a system; they are described by wave functions Ψₙ which are the eigenfunctions of the Hamiltonian operator, i.e. which satisfy the equation ĤΨₙ = EₙΨₙ, where Eₙ are the eigenvalues of the energy.”
“absolute state”
“in a state”
“in a bit of a state”
“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.”
“An absolute state of a visit: what the Trump and Windsor snapshots tell us [title]”
“In the fetch state, the address of the next instruction is placed on the address bus.”
“The state here includes a set containing all names seen so far.”
“A debugger can show the state of a program at any breakpoint.”
“in state”
“The President's body will lie in state at the Capitol.”
“And leſned by that ſmall, God I beſeech him, / Thy honor, ſtate, and ſeate, is due to me.”
“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.”
“Can this imperious lord forget to reign, / Quit all his ſtate, deſcend, and ſerve again ?”
“[…]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.”
“He invented a way of coming into a Room backwards, which he ſaid ſhew’d more Humility, and leſs Affectation ; where other People ſtood, he ſat ; when he went to Court, he us’d to kick away the State, and ſit down by his Prince, Cheek by Choul[…]”
“We in the name of other Perſean ſtates, And commons of this mightie Monarchy, Preſent thee with the Emperiall Diadem.”
“They who to States and Governours of the Commonwealth direct their Speech, High Court of Parlament, or wanting ſuch acceſſe in a private condition, write that which they foreſee may advance the publick good ; I ſuppoſe them as at the beginning of no meane endeavour, not a little alter’d and mov’d inwardly in their mindes[…]”
“Their parties great, meanes good, the ſeaſon fit, / Their practice cloſe, their faith ſuſpected not, / Their ſtates far off, and they of wary wit : / Who, with large promiſes, ſo wooe the Scot / To aide their Cauſe, as he conſents to it ; / And glad was to diſturne that furious ſtreame / Of warre, on vs, that elſe had ſwallowed them.”
“Your ’State, my Lord, again is yours.”
“Never do anything against conscience even if the state demands it.”
“His alibi is that he was out of state the night of the murder.”
“The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.”
“You do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be) that you will support the constitution of the United States, and the constitution of the state of Connecticut, so long as you continue a citizen thereof; and that you will faithfully discharge, according to law, the duties of the office of […] to the best of your abilities.”
“As Australia considers whether to allow states greater latitude in the indirect tax field, it must ask what it will do when (not if) it finally decides that the federal government should enact a modern general sales tax.”
“The Central Lowlands is often referred to as the heart of America — and with good reason: If we look at the names of the eight states with populations of 10 million or more, this region has three of them, Illinois, Ohio, and Michigan, more than any one of the other five.”
“Well monarchies may own religion’s name, / But ſtates are atheiſts in their very frame.”
“[…]distinctions among states of affairs are reflected to a striking degree in distinctions among Aktionsart types. That is, situations are expressed by state verbs or predicates, events by achievement verbs or predicates, and actions by activity verbs or predicates.”
“The most basic Aktionsart distinction is between states and occurrences.”
“State begins fouling and UCLA misses a couple of front-end free throws on one-and-ones.”
“The Pack’s average seed in the mountain of NCAA tourney predictions out there is 10, and even the most optimistic takes on State’s situation have the team as an eight-seed.”

CEFR level

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Elementary
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