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Noun state has 8 senses

state - the group of people comprising the government of a sovereign state; "the state has lowered its income tax"
--₁ is a kind of government, authorities, regime
--₁ has particulars: Soviets; welfare state

state, province - the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation; "his state is in the deep south"
--₂ is a kind of administrative district, administrative division, territorial division
--₂ is a member of country, state, land
--₂ has particulars:

state, nation, country, land, commonwealth, res publica, body politic - 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"
--₃ is a kind of political unit
--₃ has parts: estate, estate of the realm
--₃ has particulars:
Dominion; Reich; rogue state, renegade state, rogue nation; suzerain; sea power; world power, major power, great power, power, superpower; city state; ally

state - the way something is with respect to its main attributes; "the current state of knowledge"; "his state of health"; "in a weak financial state"
--₄ has particulars:

skillfulness; cognitive state, state of mind; cleavage; medium; ornamentation; condition; condition, status; conditionality; ground state; situation, state of affairs; relationship; relationship; tribalism; utopia; dystopia; wild, natural state, state of nature; isomerism; degree, level, stage, point; office, power; status, position; being, beingness, existence; nonbeing; death; employment, employ; unemployment; order; disorder; hostility, enmity, antagonism; conflict; illumination; freedom; representation, delegacy, agency; dependence, dependance, dependency; motion; motionlessness, stillness; dead letter, non-issue; action, activity, activeness; inaction, inactivity, inactiveness; temporary state; imminence, imminency, imminentness, impendence, impendency, forthcomingness; readiness, preparedness, preparation; flux, state of flux; physiological state, physiological condition; kalemia; union, unification; maturity, matureness; immaturity, immatureness; grace, saving grace, state of grace; damnation, eternal damnation; omniscience; omnipotence; perfection, flawlessness, ne plus ultra; integrity, unity, wholeness; imperfection, imperfectness; receivership; ownership; obligation; end, destruction, death; revocation, annulment; merchantability; turgor; homozygosity; heterozygosity; plurality; polyvalence, polyvalency, multivalence, multivalency; paternity; utilization

Department of State, State Department, State, DoS - the federal department in the UnitedStates that sets and maintains foreign policies; "the Department of State was created in 1789"
--₅ is a kind of executive department
--₅ has parts:
Bureau of Diplomatic Security, DS; Foreign Service; Bureau of Intelligence and Research, INR

country, state, land - the territory occupied by a nation; "he returned to the land of his birth"; "he visited several European countries"
--₆ is a kind of administrative district, administrative division, territorial division
--₆ has parts: domain, demesne, land; midland
--₆ has members: department; state, province
--₆ has particulars:

banana republic; fatherland, homeland, motherland, mother country, country of origin, native land; buffer state, buffer country; kingdom; tax haven; European country, European nation; African country, African nation; Asian country, Asian nation; South American country, South American nation; North American country, North American nation; Antigua and Barbuda; Cape Verde, Republic of Cape Verde; Sri Lanka, Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, Ceylon; Comoros, Federal Islamic Republic of the Comoros; Cuba, Republic of Cuba; Haiti, Republic of Haiti; Dominican Republic; Jamaica; Barbados; Trinidad and Tobago, Republic of Trinidad and Tobago; Cyprus, Republic of Cyprus; Dominica, Commonwealth of Dominica; East Timor; Fiji, Republic of Fiji; Israel, State of Israel, Yisrael, Zion, Sion; Etruria; Australia, Commonwealth of Australia; Micronesia, Federated States of Micronesia, TT; Marshall Islands, Republic of the Marshall Islands; Tuvalu; Kiribati, Republic of Kiribati; Nauru, Republic of Nauru; Papua New Guinea, Independent State of Papua New Guinea; Bahamas, Commonwealth of the Bahamas, Bahama Islands; sultanate; Burkina Faso, Upper Volta; Indonesia, Republic of Indonesia, Dutch East Indies; Grenada; Maldives, Republic of Maldives; Malta, Republic of Malta; Mauritius, Republic of Mauritius; New Zealand; Palau, Republic of Palau, TT; Philippines, Republic of the Philippines; Saint Kitts and Nevis, Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Christopher-Nevis, St. Christopher-Nevis, St. Kitts and Nevis; Saint Lucia, St. Lucia; Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, St. Vincent and the Grenadines; Samoa, Independent State of Samoa, Western Samoa, Samoa i Sisifo; Sao Tome and Principe, Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe, Sao Tome e Principe, Sao Thome e Principe, St. Thomas and Principe; Seychelles, Republic of Seychelles; Solomon Islands; Rus; Soviet Union, Russia, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, USSR; Russia, Russian Federation; Ukraine, Ukrayina; Turkmenistan, Turkomen, Turkmen, Turkmenia; Tonga, Kingdom of Tonga, Friendly Islands; Turkey, Republic of Turkey; Vanuatu, Republic of Vanuatu, New Hebrides

Verb state has 3 senses

state, say, tell - express in words; "He said that he wanted to marry her"; "tell me what is bothering you"; "state your opinion"; "state your name"
--₁ is one way to express, verbalize, verbalise, utter, give tongue to

Derived forms: noun statement₅, noun statement₁
Sample sentence:
They state that there was a traffic accident
submit, state, put forward, posit - put before; "I submit to you that the accused is guilty"
--₂ is one way to propose, suggest, advise

Derived forms: noun statement₅, noun statement₂
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
express, state - indicate through a symbol, formula, etc.; "Can you express this distance in kilometers?"
--₃ is one way to denote, refer
Sample sentences:
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP