📒 a country considered as an organized political community controlled by one government
- the Baltic States
- European Union member states
- the member states of the EU
📒 an organized political community forming part of a country
- the states of Victoria and Western Australia
- The hurricane swept across the southern states of the US.
- Both candidates have been campaigning in key battleground states.
📒 the government of a country
- matters/affairs of state
- people who are financially dependent on the state
- a state-owned company
📒 the mental, emotional or physical condition that a person or thing is in
- a confused mental state
- state of something a confused state of mind
- anxieties about the state of the country’s economy
📒 the formal ceremonies connected with high levels of government or with kings and queens
- in state The president was driven in state through the streets.
📒 the United States of America
- I've never been to the States.
📒 to be/become excited or anxious
- She was in a real state about her exams.
- He made a mistake and got into a terrible state about it.
- Jane was in a terrible state after losing her job.
📒 to be dirty or untidy
- What a state this place is in!
- How did the carpet get into that state?
📒 (in the Roman Catholic Church) having been forgiven by God for the wrong or evil things you have done
- He died in a state of grace.
📒 a situation
- This state of affairs can no longer be ignored.
- the present economic situation
- The ship sank in mysterious circumstances.
📒 the stage that has been reached in a process, etc. which has not yet been completed
- What is the current state of play in the peace talks?
📒 the score in a sports match, especially in cricket