Dictionary Check: state
"state" is a valid word!
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Definition
noun
the federal department in the United States that sets and maintains foreign policies
Example:
"the Department of State was created in 1789"
noun
the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation
Example:
"his state is in the deep south"
noun
the way something is with respect to its main attributes
Example:
"the current state of knowledge"
noun
the group of people comprising the government of a sovereign state
Example:
"the state has lowered its income tax"
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a politically organized body of people under a single government
Example:
"the state has elected a new president"
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(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"
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