· the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation; "his state is in the deep south"

Synonym(s): province

Hypernym(s): administrative_district, administrative_division, territorial_division

· the way something is with respect to its main attributes; "the current state of knowledge"; "his state of health"; "in a weak financial state"

Hypernym(s): attribute

· the group of people comprising the government of a sovereign state; "the state has lowered its income tax"

Hypernym(s): government, authorities, regime

· 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"

Synonym(s): nation, country, land, commonwealth, res_publica, body_politic

Hypernym(s): political_unit, political_entity

· (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"

Synonym(s): state_of_matter

Hypernym(s): chemical_phenomenon

· a state of depression or agitation; "he was in such a state you just couldn't reason with him"

Hypernym(s): emotional_state, spirit

· the territory occupied by a nation; "he returned to the land of his birth"; "he visited several European countries"

Synonym(s): country, land

Hypernym(s): administrative_district, administrative_division, territorial_division

· the federal department in the United States that sets and maintains foreign policies; "the Department of State was created in 1789"

Synonym(s): Department_of_State, United_States_Department_of_State, State_Department, State, DoS

Hypernym(s): executive_department

· express in words; "He said that he wanted to marry her"; "tell me what is bothering you"; "state your opinion"; "state your name"

Synonym(s): say, tell

Hypernym(s): express, verbalize, verbalise, utter, give_tongue_to

· put before; "I submit to you that the accused is guilty"

Synonym(s): submit, put_forward, posit

Hypernym(s): propose, suggest, advise

· indicate through a symbol, formula, etc.; "Can you express this distance in kilometers?"

Synonym(s): express

Hypernym(s): denote, refer