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state n. [
province] the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation; "his state is in the deep south"
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state v. [
say, tell] express in words; "He said that he wanted to marry her"; "tell me what is bothering you"; "state your opinion"; "state your name"
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state n. the way something is with respect to its main attributes; "the current state of knowledge"; "his state of health"; "in a weak financial state"
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state n. the group of people comprising the government of a sovereign state; "the state has lowered its income tax"
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state n. [
nation, country, land, commonwealth, res publica, body politic] a politically organized body of people under a single government; "the state has elected a new president"; "African nations"; "students who had come to the nation's capitol"; "the country's largest manufacturer"; "an industrialized land"
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