state
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Etymology [edit]
From Latin status (“manner of standing, attitude, position, carriage, manner, dress, apparel; and other senses”), from stare (“to stand”).
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
Wikipedia state (plural states)
- Any sovereign polity. A government.
- 20C, Albert Einstein, as quoted by Virgil Henshaw in Albert Einstein: Philosopher Scientist (1949)
- Never do anything against conscience even if the state demands it.
- 20C, Albert Einstein, as quoted by Virgil Henshaw in Albert Einstein: Philosopher Scientist (1949)
- A political division of a federation retaining a degree of autonomy, for example one of the fifty United States. See also Province.
- A condition.
- A state of being.
- A state of emergency.
- Pomp, ceremony, or dignity.
- The President's body will lie in state at the Capitol.
- (computing) 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.
- (computing) The set of all parameters relevant to a computation.
- The state here includes a set containing all names seen so far.
- (computing) The values of all parameters at some point in a computation.
- A debugger can show the state of a program at any breakpoint.
- (anthropology) A society larger than a tribe. A society large enough to form a state in the sense of a government.
- (sciences) The physical property of matter as solid, liquid, gas or plasma
- (mathematics, stochastic processes) an element of the range of the random variables that define a random process.
- (obsolete) A great person, a dignitary; a lord or prince.
- 1644, John Milton, Aeropagitica:
- They who to States and Governours of the Commonwealth direct their Speech [...]; I suppose them as at the beginning of no meane endeavour, not a little alter'd and mov'd inwardly in their mindes [...].
- 1644, John Milton, Aeropagitica:
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Translations [edit]
any sovereign polity
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a political division of a federation retaining a degree of autonomy
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a condition
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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
math: an element of the range of random variables
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Verb [edit]
state (third-person singular simple present states, present participle stating, simple past and past participle stated)
- (transitive) To declare to be a fact.
- He stated that he was willing to help.
- (transitive) To make known.
- State your intentions.
Translations [edit]
declare to be a fact
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make known
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External links [edit]
- state in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- state in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
Anagrams [edit]
Italian [edit]
Verb [edit]
state
- second-person plural indicative present tense of stare
- second-person plural imperative of stare
Anagrams [edit]
Latin [edit]
Verb [edit]
stāte
- second-person plural present active imperative of stō
- "stand ye"
- "stay ye, remain ye"
Participle [edit]
state
- vocative masculine singular of status
