state
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n.
government
1) to establish, found, set up a state
2) to govern, rule a state
3) a buffer; client; garrison; independent; police; puppet; secular; sovereign; welfare state
4) a member state (the member states of the UN)
condition
5) a comatose; good; moribund; nervous; poor; transitional; unconscious; unspoiled; weakened state
6) one's financial; mental state
7) a gaseous; liquid; solid state
8) in a state (in a good state of repair; in a poor state of health; in a highly nervous state)
9) (misc.) the state of the art ('the level of development')
nervous condition
10) in a state (she was in quite a state)
pomp
11) to lie in state
one of the fifty American states
12) a dry state ('a state in which the sale of alcoholic beverages is prohibited')
13) (historical; US) a border; free; slave state
II
v.
1) to state clearly; emphatically
2) (B) we stated our views to them
3) (L; to) they stateed (to the reporters) that a summit conference would take place soon
4) (Q) she did not state how she expected to win the election
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[steɪt]emphatically
garrison
mental state
moribund
rule a state
secular
set up a state
slave state
solid state
sovereign
transitional
unspoiled
weakened state
welfare state
(B) we stated our views to them
(L; to) they stateed (to the reporters) that a summit conference would take place soon
(Q) she did not state how she expected to win the election
(historical; US) a border
['condition'] a comatose
['government'] to establish
['pomp'] to lie in state
a buffer
a gaseous
one's financial
to govern
to state clearly
['one of the fifty American states'] a dry state
(misc.) the state of the art
in a state
['nervous condition'] in a state
a member state
Combinatory dictionary. 2013.
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