state

IPA: stˈeɪt

noun

  • A condition; a set of circumstances applying at any given time.
  • (physics) A complete description of a system, consisting of parameters that determine all properties of the system.
  • (colloquial, in the singular) A mess; disorder; a bad condition or set of circumstances.
  • (computing) The stable condition of a processor during a particular clock cycle.
  • (computing) The set of all parameters relevant to a computation.
  • (computing) The values of all parameters at some point in a computation.
  • (sciences) The physical property of matter as solid, liquid, gas or plasma.
  • (obsolete) 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.
  • High social standing or circumstance.
  • Pomp, ceremony, or dignity.
  • Rank; condition; quality.
  • Condition of prosperity or grandeur; wealthy or prosperous circumstances; social importance.
  • A chair with a canopy above it, often standing on a dais; a seat of dignity; also, the canopy itself.
  • (obsolete) A great person, a dignitary; a lord or prince.
  • (obsolete) Estate, possession.
  • A polity.
  • Any sovereign polity; a national or city-state government.
  • A political division of a federation retaining a notable degree of autonomy, as in the United States, Mexico, Nigeria, or India.
  • (obsolete) A form of government other than a monarchy.
  • (anthropology) A society larger than a tribe. A society large enough to form a state in the sense of a government.
  • (mathematics, stochastic processes) An element of the range of the random variables that define a random process.
  • (grammar, semantics) The lexical aspect (aktionsart) of verbs or predicates that do not change over time.
  • A current governing polity.
  • (often with definite article) The current governing polity under which the speaker lives.
  • State University, as the shortened form of any public university name.

verb

  • (transitive) To declare to be a fact.
  • (transitive) To make known.

adjective

  • (obsolete) Stately.
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