State
State commonly refers to either the present condition of a system or entity, or to a governed entity (such as a country) or sub-entity (such as an autonomous territory of a country).
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... election, appointment or defeat of candidates to federal, state or local public office ... almost all political committees, including state, local, and federal candidate committees, traditional political action committees, "Super PACs", and political parties ... Fund, America Coming Together, the Progress for America Voter Fund, Secretary of State Project, United American Technologies, American Right To Life Action ...
... State Route 27 State Route 39 State Route 50. ...
... in Vermont Vermont is located in the New England region in the eastern United States and comprises 9,614 square miles (24,900 km2), making it the 45th-lar ... It is the only state that doesn't have any buildings taller than 150 feet (46 m) ... of the Connecticut River marks the eastern (New Hampshire) border of the state (the river is part of New Hampshire) ...
... Starting from an initial state and initial input (perhaps empty), the instructions describe a computation that, when executed, will proceed through a ... The transition from one state to the next is not necessarily deterministic some algorithms, known as randomized algorithms, incorporate random input ...
... The state contains 41 species of reptiles and amphibians, 89 species of fish, of which 12 are non-native 193 species of breeding birds, 58 species of ... century, wild turkeys were exterminated in the state through overhunting and destruction of habitat ... eggshells of ospreys which resulted in their disappearance from the state ...
More definitions of "state":
- (noun): The group of people comprising the government of a sovereign state.
Example: "The state has lowered its income tax"
- (noun): The territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation.
Example: "His state is in the deep south"
Synonyms: province
- (noun): A state of depression or agitation.
Example: "He was in such a state you just couldn't reason with him"
- (noun): A politically organized body of people under a single government.
Example: "The state has elected a new president"
Synonyms: nation, country, land, commonwealth, res publica, body politic
- (verb): Put before.
Synonyms: submit, put forward, posit
- (noun): The federal department in the UnitedStates that sets and maintains foreign policies.
Example: "The Department of State was created in 1789"
Synonyms: Department of State, State Department, DoS
- (verb): Indicate through a symbol, formula, etc..
Synonyms: express
- (noun): (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"
Synonyms: state of matter
Famous quotes containing the word state:
“The menu was stewed liver and rice, fricassee of bones, and shredded dog biscuit. The dinner was greatly appreciated; the guests ate until they could eat no more, and Elisha Dyer’s dachshund so overtaxed its capacities that it fell unconscious by its plate and had to be carried home.”
—For the State of Rhode Island, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)
“Feign then what’s by a decent tact believed
And act that state is only so conceived,
And build an edifice of form
For house where phantoms may keep warm.”
—William Empson (1906–1984)
“A party of order or stability, and a party of progress or reform, are both necessary elements of a healthy state of political life.”
—John Stuart Mill (1806–1873)