state
Meanings
noun
- A condition; a set of circumstances applying at any given time.
- A complete description of a system, consisting of parameters that determine all properties of the system.
- A mess; disorder; a bad condition or set of circumstances.
- The stable condition of a processor during a particular clock cycle.
- The set of all parameters relevant to a computation.
- The values of all parameters at some point in a computation.
- The physical property of matter as solid, liquid, gas or plasma.
- Highest and stationary condition, as that of maturity between growth and decline, or as that of crisis between the increase and the abating of a disease; height; acme.
- High social standing or circumstance.
- Pomp, ceremony, or dignity.
- Rank; condition; quality.
- Condition of prosperity or grandeur; wealthy or prosperous circumstances; social importance.
verb
- To declare to be a fact.
- To make known.
adj
- Stately.
noun
- A current governing polity, country, city-state, or community.
- The current governing polity, country, city-state, or community under which the speaker lives.
name
- State University, as the shortened form of a public university name.
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Italic *status Latin statuslbor. Old French estatbor. Middle English stat English state From Middle English stat (as a noun); adopted c. 1200 from both Old French estat and Latin stātus (“manner of standing, attitude, position, carriage, manner, dress, apparel; and other senses”), from stāre (“to stand”). Doublet of estate and status. The sense of "polity" develops in the 14th century. Compare French être, Greek στέω (stéo), Italian stare, Portuguese estar, Romanian sta, and Spanish estar. The verb is first attested around the beginning of the 16th century. Related to English stand.
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