state
the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation
How often you will meet it
Rank 462 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 44,558 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.021% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 500 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
noun
- the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation also: province his state is in the deep south
- the way something is with respect to its main attributes the current state of knowledgehis state of health
- the group of people comprising the government of a sovereign state the state has lowered its income tax
- a politically organized body of people under a single government also: nation, country, land, commonwealth, res publica, body politic the state has elected a new presidentAfrican nations
- (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) also: state of matter the solid state of water is called ice
- a state of depression or agitation he was in such a state you just couldn't reason with him
state in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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He returned to the Rue St. Gilles in a state of indescribable rage.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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I am bound to state that she never told me he was good-looking.
The Picture of Dorian Gray · Oscar Wilde · Chapter 1
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I had never confronted a great man before, and was in a miserable state of funk and inefficiency.
Following the Equator — Part 1 · Mark Twain · Chapter 1
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And when his servants, who were waiting, saw him in such a state, they thought he was the Devil.
The Dream · Émile Zola · Chapter 1
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When the state of Ireland had become intolerable to herself and dangerous to this adjacent island, I would send over dragoons.
The Crown of Life · George Gissing · Chapter 1