state - Meaning in Konkani

state - Meaning in Konkani

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Definitions and Meaning of state in English

State noun

1. the federal department in the United States that sets and maintains foreign policies

   Example

   • "the Department of State was created in 1789"

state noun

1. the way something is with respect to its main attributes

   Examples

   • "his state of health"
   • "in a weak financial state"
   • "the current state of knowledge"
2. a politically organized body of people under a single government

   Examples

   • "African nations"
   • "an industrialized land"
   • "students who had come to the nation's capitol"
   • "the country's largest manufacturer"
   • "the state has elected a new president"
3. the group of people comprising the government of a sovereign state

   Example

   • "the state has lowered its income tax"
4. the territory occupied by a nation

   Examples

   • "he returned to the land of his birth"
   • "he visited several European countries"
5. the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation

   Example

   • "his state is in the deep south"
6. a state of depression or agitation

   Example

   • "he was in such a state you just couldn't reason with him"
7. (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)

   Example

   • "the solid state of water is called ice"

state verb

1. put before

   Example

   • "I submit to you that the accused is guilty"
2. express in words

   Examples

   • "He said that he wanted to marry her"
   • "state your name"
   • "state your opinion"
   • "tell me what is bothering you"
3. indicate through a symbol, formula, etc.

   Example

   • "Can you express this distance in kilometers?"

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