state
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Definition
noun (English)
1. A condition; a set of circumstances applying at any given time.Examples: "States in which the energy has definite values are called stationary states of a system; they are described by wave functions Ψₙ which are the eigenfunctions of the Hamiltonian operator, i.e. which satisfy the equation ĤΨₙ = EₙΨₙ, where Eₙ are the eigenvalues of the energy."
2. A condition; a set of circumstances applying at any given time.Examples: "absolute state"; "in a state"; "in a bit of a state"Synonyms: ass in a sling, bind, bucket of syrup, calvary, cross, cross to bear, difficulty, dilemmacolloquialsingular
3. A condition; a set of circumstances applying at any given time.Examples: "In the fetch state, the address of the next instruction is placed on the address bus."
4. A condition; a set of circumstances applying at any given time.Examples: "The state here includes a set containing all names seen so far."
5. A condition; a set of circumstances applying at any given time.Examples: "A debugger can show the state of a program at any breakpoint."
6. A condition; a set of circumstances applying at any given time.
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To declare to be a fact.Examples: "He stated that he was willing to help."; "Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers, of errand not wholly obvious to their fellows, yet of such sort as to call into query alike the nature of their errand and their own relations. It is easily earned repetition to state that Josephine St. Auban's was a presence not to be concealed."; "A provision of law may not be construed as requiring a new grant to be awarded to a specified non-Federal Government entity unless that provision of law (1) specifically refers to this subsection; specifically identifies the particular non-Federal Government entity involved; and (3) specifically states that the award to that entity is required by such provision of law in contravention of the policy set forth in subsection (a)."transitive
2. (transitive) To make known.Examples: "State your intentions."transitive
adj (English)
1. (obsolete) Stately.Examples: "The ſhepheardes ſwayne you cannot well ken, / But it be by his pride, from other men: / They looken bigge as Bulles, that bene bate, / And bearen the cragge ſo ſtiffe and ſo ſtate, / As Cocke on his dunghill, crowing cranck."obsolete
noun (English)
1. (often with definite article) The current governing polity, country, city-state, or community under which the speaker lives.oftenwith-definite-article
Definition source: Wiktionary