State

noun states

1. countable, uncountable A condition; a set of circumstances applying at any given time. a state of being
2. countable, uncountable A complete description of a system, consisting of parameters that determine all properties of the system. 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.
3. colloquial, countable, singular, uncountable A mess; disorder; a bad condition or set of circumstances. absolute state
4. countable, uncountable 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.
5. countable, uncountable The set of all parameters relevant to a computation. The state here includes a set containing all names seen so far.
6. countable, uncountable The values of all parameters at some point in a computation. A debugger can show the state of a program at any breakpoint.
7. countable, uncountable The physical property of matter as solid, liquid, gas or plasma.
8. countable, obsolete, uncountable 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.
9. countable, uncountable Pomp, ceremony, or dignity. in state
10. countable, uncountable Rank; condition; quality. And leſned by that ſmall, God I beſeech him, / Thy honor, ſtate, and ſeate, is due to me.
11. countable, uncountable 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.
12. countable, uncountable 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.
13. countable, obsolete, uncountable 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.
14. countable, obsolete, uncountable Estate, possession. 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, o
15. countable, uncountable 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.
16. countable, uncountable 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.
17. countable, obsolete, uncountable A form of government other than a monarchy. Well monarchies may own religion’s name, / But ſtates are atheiſts in their very frame.
18. countable, uncountable A society larger than a tribe. A society large enough to form a state in the sense of a government.
19. countable, uncountable An element of the range of the random variables that define a random process.
20. countable, uncountable The lexical aspect (aktionsart) of verbs or predicates that do not change over time. […]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.

Similar: condition, position, scenario, set up, shape, situation, state, state of affairs, status

verb states · stating · stated

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

Similar: communicate

adjective more state · most state

1. obsolete Stately. The ſhepheardes ſwayne you cannot well ken, / But it be by his pride, from other men: / They looken bigge as Bulles, that bene bate, / And bearen the cragge ſo ſtiffe and ſo ſtate, / As Cocke on his dunghill, crowing cranck.

noun States

1. A political entity that regulates society and the population within a definite territory.
2. often, with definite article The current governing political entity in which the speaker lives.

proper noun

1. State University, as the shortened form of a public university name. State begins fouling and UCLA misses a couple of front-end free throws on one-and-ones.