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Synonyms for state
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
state
To state (Latin sto, stand) is to set forth explicitly, formally, or particularly in speech or writing. Assert (Latin ad, to, and sero, bind) is strongly personal, signifying to state boldly and positively what the one making the statement has not attempted and may not attempt to prove. Affirm has less of egotism than assert (as seen in the word self-assertion), coming nearer to aver. It has more solemnity than declare, and more composure and dignity than asseverate, which is to assert excitedly. In legal usage, affirm has a general agreement with depose and testify; it differs from swear in not invoking the name of God. To assure is to state with such authority and confidence as the speaker feels ought to make the hearer sure. Certify is more formal, and applies rather to written documents or legal processes. Assure, certify, inform, apply to the person; affirm, etc., to the thing. Assert is combative; assure is conciliatory. I assert my right to cross the river; I assure my friend it is perfectly safe. To aver is to state positively what is within one's own knowledge or matter of deep conviction. One may assert himself, or assert his right to what he is willing to contend for; or he may assert in discussion what he is ready to maintain by argument or evidence. To assert without proof is always to lay oneself open to the suspicion of having no proof to offer, and seems to arrogate too much to one's personal authority, and hence in such cases both the verb assert and its noun assertion have an unfavorable sense; we say a mere assertion, a bare assertion, his unsupported assertion; he asserted his innocence has less force than he affirmed or maintained his innocence. Affirm, state, and tell have not the controversial sense of assert, but are simply declarative. To vindicate is to defend successfully what is assailed. Almost every criminal will assert his innocence; the honest man will seldom lack means to vindicate his integrity.
Synonyms:
affirm, allege, assert, asseverate, assure, aver, avouch, avow, certify, claim, declare, depose, express, inform, maintain, predicate, pronounce, propound, protest, say, set forth, specify, swear, tell, testifyAntonyms:
contradict, contravene, controvert, deny, disprove, dispute, gainsay, oppose, refute, repudiate, retract, waive
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Princeton's WordNet
state, provincenoun
the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation
"his state is in the deep south"
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nation, country, responsibility, province, res publica, body politic, commonwealth, land, state of matterstatenoun
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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nation, country, province, res publica, body politic, commonwealth, land, state of matterstatenoun
the group of people comprising the government of a sovereign state
"the state has lowered its income tax"
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nation, country, province, res publica, body politic, commonwealth, land, state of matterstate, nation, country, land, commonwealth, res publica, body politicnoun
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"
Synonyms:
landed estate, state of matter, body politic, commonwealth, ground, nation, farming, province, res publica, kingdom, solid ground, dry land, estate, realm, land, country, soil, area, acres, republic, demesne, earth, democracy, rural area, terra firma, domainstate of matter, statenoun
(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"
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nation, country, body politic, province, res publica, commonwealth, land, state of matterstatenoun
a state of depression or agitation
"he was in such a state you just couldn't reason with him"
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nation, country, province, res publica, body politic, commonwealth, land, state of mattercountry, state, landnoun
the territory occupied by a nation
"he returned to the land of his birth"; "he visited several European countries"
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landed estate, state of matter, body politic, commonwealth, ground, nation, farming, province, res publica, kingdom, solid ground, dry land, estate, realm, land, country, soil, area, acres, demesne, earth, rural area, terra firma, domainDepartment of State, United States Department of State, State Department, State, DoSverb
the federal department in the United States that sets and maintains foreign policies
"the Department of State was created in 1789"
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nation, country, disk operating system, province, res publica, body politic, commonwealth, land, state of matterstate, say, tellverb
express in words
"He said that he wanted to marry her"; "tell me what is bothering you"; "state your opinion"; "state your name"
Synonyms:
enunciate, express, sound out, aver, recite, enounce, distinguish, recount, secern, say, narrate, evidence, suppose, submit, articulate, assure, put forward, posit, severalise, separate, pronounce, enjoin, severalize, secernate, allege, read, tell apart, differentiate, tell, ordersubmit, state, put forward, positverb
put before
"I submit to you that the accused is guilty"
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express, put forward, pass on, relegate, fix, put in, resign, tell, take, stir, call down, give in, conjure, subject, arouse, bow, bring up, reconcile, accede, conjure up, assert, deposit, raise, render, defer, nominate, present, call forth, put up, invoke, posit, evoke, situate, postulate, submit, sayexpress, stateverb
indicate through a symbol, formula, etc.
"Can you express this distance in kilometers?"
Synonyms:
extract, express, press out, evince, say, convey, submit, posit, put forward, give tongue to, verbalize, utter, carry, verbalise, tell, show
Matched Categories
Dictionary of English Synonymes
statenoun
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condition, situation, position, plight, predicament, pass, case, categorystatenoun
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commonwealth, civil community, body politicstatenoun
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pomp, parade, dignity, grandeur, magnificence, glorystateverb
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express (with particularity), explain, specify, set forthstateadjective
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
statenoun
Synonyms:
condition, plight, category, situation, pass, predicament, circumstances, rank, quality, pomp, grandeur, magnificence, commonwealth, cantonAssociated words:
federal, federalist, federalism, federalize, confederate, confederation, gerrymander, secessionstateverb
Synonyms:
assert, affirm, aver, allege, say, specify, declare
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "state":
status, rule, states, condition, crown, country, statement, countries, 'état, foreign, member, stat, government, estado, national, situation, state-owned, public, état, estatal, statehood, nation, governmental, sate, κρατική, say, staatliche, κρατικές, indicate, declare, stato, státní
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How to use state in a sentence?
State exchanges are the federal government’s way of sticking states with the cost and responsibility of a massive new bureaucratic program, the right decision was made for South Carolina, and Governor Haley would make it again today.
This seems to be a confused attempt to conflate the terrible California wildfires with our always contentious debates over water, part of what he said implied there wasn't enough water to fight the fires in California because of our water policies -- which is complete nonsense. There's plenty of water to fight the fires. We don't even use that much water to fight the fires, but there's plenty. Three of the state's largest bodies of water are very close to these fires. It's just ridiculous.
As a state, we must not be partner to irreversible health practices that permanently change the bodies of our children before they are of an age where they can fully understand the consequences of their decisions.
This strategic plan represents a pathway to opportunity, growth and progress, the NRA is pursuing reincorporating in a state that values the contributions of the The NRA, celebrates our law-abiding members, and will join us as a partner in upholding constitutional freedom.
Somebody needs to ask Hillary Clinton, was it a good idea to topple Gadhafi in Libya? I think it's a disaster. Libya is a failed state. Someone ought to pay and Hillary Clinton needs to answer questions about it.
Translations for state
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- аҳәынҭқарраAbkhaz
- staatAfrikaans
- ولاية, حالة, دولةArabic
- dövlətAzerbaijani
- өлкә, хәл, дәүләт, торошBashkir
- дзяржа́ваBelarusian
- държа́ваBulgarian
- রাষ্ট্রBengali
- stadBreton
- estat, declararCatalan, Valencian
- stav, státCzech
- stat, tilstandDanish
- Staat, Land, Zustand, erklären, darlegen, nennenGerman
- κράτος, πολιτεία, κατάσταση, καθεστώς, δηλώνω, διατυπώνω, εκθέτωGreek
- ŝtato, landoEsperanto
- estado, declararSpanish
- riikEstonian
- دولت, فرمانروایی, حالتPersian
- valtio, osavaltio, tila, todeta, ilmoittaa, sanoaFinnish
- état, déclarerFrench
- steatWestern Frisian
- státIrish
- stàit, corScottish Gaelic
- מדינה, מצב, הצהירHebrew
- राज्य, प्रदेशHindi
- etaHaitian Creole
- állapot, állam, megállapít, közöl, kijelentHungarian
- երկիր, նահանգ, պետություն, վիճակArmenian
- statoInterlingua
- negara, negara bagian, keadaanIndonesian
- stato, standoIdo
- ríki, fylki, ástandIcelandic
- stato, esporre, dichiarareItalian
- 国, 状態, ステート, 国家, 州, 述べるJapanese
- სახელმწიფოGeorgian
- мемлекетKazakh
- រដ្ឋKhmer
- ದೇಶKannada
- 國家, 국가, 주, 상태, 선언, 표현Korean
- мамлекетKyrgyz
- civitas, status, dico, eloquorLatin
- staotLimburgish, Limburgan, Limburger
- ລັດLao
- būklė, valstybė, valstija, būsenaLithuanian
- valsts, stāvoklis, pavalstsLatvian
- држа́ваMacedonian
- രാഷ്ട്രംMalayalam
- улс гурэн, улсMongolian
- negeri, negaraMalay
- နိုင်ငံ, ပြည်နယ်Burmese
- stat, delstatNorwegian
- staat, verklaren, bekendmakenDutch
- stat, delstatNorwegian Nynorsk
- tilstandNorwegian
- biwááshindoon, WááshindoonNavajo, Navaho
- estatOccitan
- ogimaawiwinOjibwe, Ojibwa
- паддзахадOssetian, Ossetic
- stanPolish
- estado, atestar, declararPortuguese
- stedi, stadiRomansh
- stat, stare, declaraRomanian
- штат, о́бласть, положе́ние, прови́нция, состоя́ние, префекту́ра, госуда́рство, держа́ва, на́ция, земля́, ста́тус, утверждать, утвердить, констатировать, заявлять, заявить, объявлять, объявитьRussian
- istatu, istadu, istauSardinian
- држава, krajina, pokrajina, sastaj, položaj, država, oblast, stanje, izjaviti, iznetiSerbo-Croatian
- රාජ්යයSinhala, Sinhalese
- štátSlovak
- državaSlovene
- shtetAlbanian
- stat, delstat, tillstånd, rikeSwedish
- nchi, haliSwahili
- அரசு, நிலைTamil
- స్థితిTelugu
- давлатTajik
- รัฐThai
- döwletTurkmen
- estadoTagalog
- eyalet, hâl, devlet, il, durumTurkish
- дәүләтTatar
- دۆلەتUyghur, Uighur
- стано́вище, держа́ва, станUkrainian
- ریاست, حالتUrdu
- davlatUzbek
- nhà nước, tiểu bangVietnamese
- מעדינעYiddish
- 州Chinese
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