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states¹

  • /steɪts/

Rhymes with -eɪts

noun

  1. plural plural of state

verb

  1. indicative, present, singular, third person third-person singular simple present indicative of state

States²

proper noun the States

  1. abbreviation, ellipsis, informal Ellipsis of United States
  2. US, historical Those parts of the United States comprising states rather than territories. The structure will house the United States Army signal corps office which maintains radio and cable communication between Alaska and the States
  3. The parliament of either of the two Channel Islands countries: the States of Guernsey or the States of Jersey. It wasn't until the Green Shutters was closed down by the States at the beginning of the First World War […] that the whores went into private business in Cornet Street.

noun

  1. plural plural of State

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Closest in meaning: land, country, express, province, tell, nation, say, res publica, commonwealth, body politic, public, put forward, submit, state-supported, state department, usa

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@misc{states_2026,
  title = {states},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/states},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}