state

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Plural

states

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

present (v1)

state

past (v2)

stated

past participle (v3)

stated

present participle

stating

3rd person singular

states

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

1. 1.A condition; a set of circumstances applying at any given time.

   • A debugger can show the state of a program at any breakpoint.
   • The state here includes a set containing all names seen so far.
   • In the fetch state, the address of the next instruction is placed on the address bus.

2. 2.High social standing or circumstance.

   • Your ’State, my Lord, again is yours.
   • The President's body will lie in state at the Capitol.

3. 3.A polity or community.

   • His alibi is that he was out of state the night of the murder.
   • Never do anything against conscience even if the state demands it.
   • The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.

4. 4.An element of the range of the random variables that define a random process.

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

1. 1.To declare to be a fact.

   • He stated that he was willing to help.

2. 2.To make known.

Overall

Very common· #147

By learning goal

Everyday conversation

Common

General reading & writing

Very common

Academic

Common

Literature

Rare

Synonyms

• province

Word family

• statement