the group of people comprising the government of a sovereign state
“the state has lowered its income tax”
the way something is with respect to its main attributes
“the current state of knowledge”
a politically organized body of people under a single government
“the state has elected a new president”
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)
“the solid state of water is called ice”
the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation
“his state is in the deep south”
the federal department in the United States that sets and maintains foreign policies
a state of depression or agitation
“he was in such a state you just couldn't reason with him”