(~s, stating, ~d)
Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.
1.
You can refer to countries as ~s, particularly when you are discussing politics.
Some weeks ago I recommended to EU member ~s that we should have discussions with the Americans.
N-COUNT
2.
Some large countries such as the USA are divided into smaller areas called ~s.
Leaders of the Southern ~s are meeting in Louisville.
N-COUNT
3.
The USA is sometimes referred to as the States. (INFORMAL)
N-PROPER: the N
4.
You can refer to the government of a country as the ~.
The ~ does not collect enough revenue to cover its expenditure...
N-SING: the N
5.
State industries or organizations are financed and organized by the government rather than private companies.
...reform of the ~ social-security system.
see ~ school
ADJ: ADJ n
6.
A ~ occasion is a formal one involving the head of a country.
The president of Czechoslovakia is in Washington on a ~ visit.
ADJ: ADJ n
7.
When you talk about the ~ of someone or something, you are referring to the condition they are in or what they are like at a particular time.
For the first few months after Daniel died, I was in a ~ of clinical depression...
Look at the ~ of my car!
N-COUNT: usu sing, with supp
8.
If you ~ something, you say or write it in a formal or definite way.
Clearly ~ your address and telephone number...
The police report ~d that he was arrested for allegedly assaulting his wife...
‘Our relationship is totally platonic,’ she ~d...
Buyers who do not apply within the ~d period can lose their deposits.
VERB: V n, V that, V with quote, V-ed
9.
see also head of ~ , nation ~ , police ~ , welfare ~
10.
If you say that someone is not in a fit ~ to do something, you mean that they are too upset or ill to do it.
When you left our place, you weren’t in a fit ~ to drive.
PHRASE: V inflects, PHR to-inf
11.
If you are in a ~ or if you get into a ~, you are very upset or nervous about something.
I was in a terrible ~ because nobody could understand why I had this illness...
PHRASE: v-link PHR
12.
If the dead body of an important person lies in ~, it is publicly displayed for a few days before it is buried.
PHRASE: V inflects