<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>the condition of a person or thing, as with respect to circumstances or attributes: a state of health.</li><li>the condition of matter with respect to structure, form, constitution, phase, or the like: water in a gaseous state.</li><li>status, rank, or position in life; station: He dresses in a manner befitting his state.</li><li>the style of living befitting a person of wealth and high rank: to travel in state.</li><li>a particular condition of mind or feeling: to be in an excited state.</li><li>an abnormally tense, nervous, or perturbed condition: He's been in a state since hearing about his brother's death.</li><li>a politically unified people occupying a definite territory; nation.</li><li>the territory, or one of the territories, of a government.</li><li>Sometimes State: any of the bodies politic which together make up a federal union, as in the United States of America.</li><li>the body politic as organized for civil rule and government (church).</li><li>the operations or activities of a central civil government: affairs of state.</li><li>State: Also called State Department. Informal: the Department of State.</li><li>Printing: a set of copies of an edition of a publication which differ from others of the same printing because of additions, corrections, or transpositions made during printing or at any time before publication.</li><li>the States, Informal: the United States (usually used outside its borders): After a year's study in Spain, he returned to the States.</li></ul><p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>of or relating to the central civil government or authority.</li><li>made, maintained, or chartered by or under the authority of one of the commonwealths that make up a federal union: a state bank.</li><li>characterized by, attended with, or involving ceremony: a state dinner.</li><li>used on or reserved for occasions of ceremony.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>to declare definitely or specifically: She stated her position on the case.</li><li>to set forth formally in speech or writing: to state a hypothesis.</li><li>to set forth in proper or definite form: to state a problem.</li><li>to say.</li><li>to fix or settle, as by authority.</li></ul>