state

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈsteɪt/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/steɪt/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(stāt)

Inflections of 'state' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
states
v 3rd person singular
stating
v pres p
stated
v past
stated
v past p

Collocations for "state"


Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "state" in context.

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state

ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.
n
  1. a [gaseous, liquid, solid] state
  2. the United States (of America)
  3. the [first, last, most recent] state
  4. the state of [Utah]
  5. your state and [zip, postal] code
  6. the child was in [an excited, a nervous, a joyful] state
  7. was in a state over losing her [job, money, house]
  8. look at the state of you!
  9. my [car, shirt, suit] is in an [awful, failing] state
  10. (don't) get yourself in (such) a state (over)
  11. in a [poor, good] state of health
  12. a [positive, poor, negative] state of mind
  13. (not) in my current state of mind
  14. the [current, present] state of affairs
  15. a [messy, complicated, sorry] state of affairs
  16. the [room, town, stadium] was in a state of [disarray, disaster, chaos]
  17. the [secretary. department, minister] of state
  18. a steady state
n as adj
  1. a state [park, university, board, prison]
  2. a state [visit, dinner, ceremony, function]
  3. state [policies, borders, legislation, laws]
  4. [Utah] state [flag, university, prison]
  5. the State of the Union speech
  6. steady-state [theory, economy, system]
v
  1. state your [purpose, position, opinion, name and address, case]
  2. state your name (and address)
  3. state the obvious
  4. stated himself [clearly, definitely, proudly, confidently]
  5. [experts, authorities, policy makers] state that
  6. clearly states that
  7. stated he [would, had, did]
  8. as stated on page [two]
  9. as stated [above, earlier]
  10. unless otherwise stated
  11. state and prove (a theorem)
'state' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
ID - Israel - Jewish - Mexican - Mexico - Morocco - Muslim - North - Spain - US - abbreviation - adjust - administrative - agency - agent - armpit - assembly - assistance - athletic - attorney - attraction - audit - award - awful - backed - banana - bank - bar - bicycle - bird - bleeding - blissful - border - bus - care - center - charter - chartered - check - chief - church - clarify - clearly - coastal - collection - college - compete - composition - confused - constant

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