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state
A	noun
	1	state
			the way something is with respect to its main attributes; "the current state of knowledge"; "his state of health"; "in a weak financial state"

	2	Department of State, State Department, State, DoS
			the federal department in the UnitedStates that sets and maintains foreign policies; "the Department of State was created in 1789"
		Category Tree: group; grouping ╚social group ╚organization; organisation ╚unit; social unit ╚administrative unit; administrative body ╚division ╚department; section ╚government department ╚federal department; federal office; department of the federal government ╚executive department ╚Department of State, State Department, State, DoS
	3	state, 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"
		Category Tree: group; grouping ╚social group ╚organization; organisation ╚unit; social unit ╚political unit ╚state, nation, country, land, commonwealth, res publica, body politic ╚ally ╚city state ╚world power; major power; great power; power; superpower ╚sea power ╚suzerain ╚rogue state; renegade state; rogue nation ╚Reich ╚Dominion
	4	state
			the group of people comprising the government of a sovereign state; "the state has lowered its income tax"
		Category Tree: group; grouping ╚social group ╚organization; organisation ╚polity ╚government; authorities; regime ╚state ╚welfare state ╚Soviets
	5	country, state, land
			the territory occupied by a nation; "he returned to the land of his birth"; "he visited several European countries"
		Category Tree: entity ╚location ╚region ╚district; territory; territorial dominion; dominion ╚administrative district; administrative division; territorial division ╚country, state, land ╚South American country; South American nation ╚Asian country; Asian nation ╚African country; African nation ╚European country; European nation ╚tax haven ╚kingdom ╚buffer state; buffer country ╚fatherland; homeland; motherland; mother country; country of origin; native land ╚banana republic
	6	state, province
			the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation; "his state is in the deep south"
		Category Tree: entity ╚location ╚region ╚district; territory; territorial dominion; dominion ╚administrative district; administrative division; territorial division ╚state, province ╚Chihuahua ╚Inner Mongolia; Nei Monggol ╚Xinjiang; Sinkiang; Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region ╚Yunnan; Yunnan province ╚Szechwan; Sichuan; Szechuan; Szechwan province ╚Hunan; Hunan province ╚Hebei; Hopei; Hopeh; Hebei province ╚Gansu; Kansu; Gansu province ╚Guangdong; Kwangtung; Guangdong province ╚American state ╚eparchy ╚commonwealth
	7	state
			a state of depression or agitation; "he was in such a state you just couldn't reason with him"
		Category Tree: psychological feature ╚feeling ╚emotion ╚emotional state; spirit ╚state
	8	state of matter, state
			(chemistry) the three traditional states of matter are solids (fixed shape and volume) and liquids (fixed volume and shaped by the container) and gases (filling the container); "the solid state of water is called ice"
		Category Tree: phenomenon ╚natural phenomenon ╚chemical phenomenon ╚state of matter, state ╚plasma ╚gas ╚solid; solidness ╚liquid; liquidness; liquidity ╚phase; form
B	verb
	1	submit, state, put forward, posit
			put before; "I submit to you that the accused is guilty"
		Category Tree: express; verbalize; verbalise; utter; give tongue to ╚state; say; tell ╚declare ╚propose; suggest; advise ╚submit, state, put forward, posit
	2	state, 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"
		Category Tree: express; verbalize; verbalise; utter; give tongue to ╚state, say, tell ╚get out ╚articulate; enunciate; vocalize; vocalise ╚announce; declare ╚precede; preface; premise; introduce ╚answer; reply; respond ╚misstate ╚present; represent; lay out
	3	express, state
			indicate through a symbol, formula, etc.; "Can you express this distance in kilometers?"
		Category Tree: act; move ╚interact ╚communicate; intercommunicate ╚convey; impart ╚mean; intend ╚denote; refer ╚express, state ╚vote ╚vote

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