I.
noun
1 condition
ADJECTIVE
▪ acceptable , fit , good , healthy
▪
She managed to get the company's finances into a healthy ~.
▪ appalling ( esp. BrE ), awful , bad , desperate , dire , dreadful , pitiful , poor , sorry , terrible
▪ run-down ( esp. BrE )
▪
We were shocked at the run-down ~ of the hospital.
▪ emotional , mental , psychological
▪
He's not in a fit enough mental ~ to drive.
▪ physical
▪
The inspectors assess the physical ~ of schools and equipment.
▪ financial
▪ current , present
▪ former , previous
▪ natural
▪
You can either varnish the wood or leave it in its natural ~.
▪ constant , continual , continuous , permanent , perpetual
▪
The country is in a perpetual ~ of anarchy.
▪ advanced
▪
an advanced ~ of dehydration
▪ altered
▪
a drug that produces altered ~s of consciousness
▪ nervous , trance-like
▪
He goes into a trance-like ~ when he plays the guitar.
▪ persistent vegetative ( medical )
VERB + STATE
▪ get into , go into , reach
▪
The soul continues to be reborn until it has reached a ~ of perfection.
▪ live in
▪
She continues to live in a ~ of denial.
▪ get sb/sth into
▪ create
▪
She uses music to create a particular emotional ~.
▪ describe
PREPOSITION
▪ in a ~
▪
Jane was in a terrible ~ after losing her job.
▪ into a ~
▪
She slipped into a ~ of unconsciousness.
▪ ~ of
▪
His life seems to be in a constant ~ of chaos.
PHRASES
▪ be in a good, bad, etc. ~ of repair ( BrE )
▪
The house was in a poor ~ of repair when we bought it.
▪ given the ~ of sth
▪
Given the current ~ of knowledge, it will take years to find a solution.
▪ a ~ of affairs
▪
The brothers' refusal to work together had brought about this sad ~ of affairs.
▪ a ~ of emergency
▪
The government has declared a ~ of emergency in the flooded regions.
▪ a ~ of flux
▪
The education system is still in a ~ of flux following the recent reform.
▪ sb's ~ of health
▪
He's concerned about his mother's ~ of health.
▪ a ~ of mind
▪
Public speaking can produce a ~ of mind similar to panic.
▪ a ~ of shock
▪
The driver was just sitting there in a ~ of shock.
▪ a ~ of siege , a ~ of war
2 country/government
ADJECTIVE
▪ city , nation
▪ independent , sovereign
▪ foreign
▪ client
▪ failed , rogue
▪
rogue ~s that shelter terrorists
▪ democratic , one-party , police , socialist , totalitarian
▪ member
▪
member ~s of the European Union
▪ powerful , strong
▪ weak
▪ neighbouring/neighboring
▪ welfare
▪ nanny ( esp. BrE )
▪
This latest policy is an example of the nanny ~ gone mad.
VERB + STATE
▪ create , establish
▪
They created a modern nation ~.
▪ become
▪
In 1949 China became a communist ~.
STATE + NOUN
▪ enterprise , monopoly
▪ control , ownership
▪
The telephone network is still under ~ control.
▪ property
▪
Every citizen could buy shares in privatized ~ property.
▪ sector ( esp. BrE ), system
▪
Teachers in the ~ sector are asking for a 7% pay rise.
▪
schools outside the ~ system
▪ education (= paid for by the government) ( BrE )
▪ school (= paid for by the government) ( in the UK )
▪
Did you go to a ~ school or a private school?
▪ school , university (= managed by a state) ( in the US )
▪ aid , funding , funds , subsidy , support
▪ benefit , pension (both esp. BrE )
▪
unemployed people living on ~ benefits
▪
The ~ pension is barely enough to live on.
▪ intervention ( esp. BrE )
▪
large-scale ~ intervention in industry
▪ power
▪
the legitimate exercise of ~ power
▪ spending
▪
Some prefer tax cuts to greater ~ spending on health and social services.
▪ employee
▪ secret
▪
He was shot for passing ~ secrets to foreign powers.
PHRASES
▪ affairs of ~ , matters of ~
▪
The president's wife is said to have a powerful hand in affairs of ~.
▪ church and ~
▪
the separation of church and ~
▪ an enemy of the ~
▪
her status as an enemy of the ~
▪ head of ~
▪
Visiting heads of ~ usually stay at the palace.
▪ the power of the ~
▪ the role of the ~
3 part of a country
ADJECTIVE
▪ battleground , swing
▪
Both candidates have been campaigning in key battleground ~s.
▪ blue , red (both AmE )
▪
New Jersey is a blue ~ ( = votes for the Democrats ).
▪
red ~s for Republicans
▪ border , slave (both AmE )
▪
opposition to the Civil War in Kansas and the other border ~s
… OF STATES
▪ handful
▪
A handful of ~s have introduced similar legislation.
VERB + STATE
▪ represent
▪
She was selected to represent the ~ of Texas at the conference.
▪ win
▪
George W. Bush won the ~ of Florida.
STATE + VERB
▪ allow sth , require sth
▪
Most ~s require all drivers to carry a minimum level of insurance.
▪ pass sth
▪
Thirty ~s have passed similar legislation.
STATE + NOUN
▪ capital , line ( AmE )
▪
It can be a felony to transport wine across ~ lines.
▪ court , prison
▪
I was a correctional officer out of Utah ~ prison.
▪ law
▪ constitution
▪ budget , tax
▪ agency , court , government , legislature
▪
Charities are required to register with a ~ agency.
▪ attorney general ( AmE ), lawmaker , legislator , official , senator
▪ police , trooper ( AmE )
PREPOSITION
▪ across the ~ , throughout the ~
▪
He roamed throughout the ~.
PHRASES
▪ at the ~ level , on the ~ level
▪
The legislation must work at both the federal and ~ levels.
▪ a corner of the ~
▪
a farm tucked into the far north-west corner of the ~
II.
verb
ADVERB
▪ clearly , plainly
▪
Please ~ clearly how many tickets you require.
▪ exactly , explicitly , expressly , precisely , specifically
▪
These facts were nowhere explicitly ~d.
▪ categorically , unequivocally , with certainty
▪
She ~d categorically that she had no intention of leaving.
▪ boldly , proudly
▪ emphatically , firmly
▪ bluntly , flatly , matter-of-factly
▪
‘Alcohol doesn't solve problems,’ she ~d flatly.
▪ confidently , with confidence
▪ accurately
▪ correctly , rightly
▪ falsely , incorrectly , wrongly ( esp. BrE )
▪ openly , publicly
▪
He ~d his own views quite openly.
▪ formally , officially
▪ briefly , succinctly
▪ quietly
▪ just , merely , simply
▪
I am merely stating the facts.
▪ repeatedly
VERB + STATE
▪ go on to
▪
The report goes on to ~ that …
▪ fail to
▪
The committee failed to ~ their reasons for this decision.
▪ let sb
PHRASES
▪ as previously ~d , as ~d earlier , as ~d previously
▪
As previously ~d, the phrase has an ambiguous meaning.
▪ ~d above , ~d below
▪
We cannot accept this proposal for the reasons ~d above.
▪ ~ at the outset
▪
Let me ~ at the outset that this report contains little that is new.
▪ ~ for the record
▪
Let me ~ for the record that my knowledge of wine is almost non-existent.
▪ ~ the obvious
▪
At the risk of stating the obvious, people who have not paid cannot be admitted.
▪ unless otherwise ~d , unless ~d otherwise
▪
All the photographs in this book, unless otherwise ~d, date from the 1950s.
State is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ act , ↑ advert , ↑ advertisement , ↑ article , ↑ counsel , ↑ document , ↑ email , ↑ guideline , ↑ letter , ↑ message , ↑ participant , ↑ report , ↑ resolution , ↑ rule , ↑ sign , ↑ witness
State is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ belief , ↑ case , ↑ desire , ↑ fact , ↑ intention , ↑ objection , ↑ objective , ↑ opinion , ↑ preference , ↑ reason , ↑ view
III.
adj.
State is used with these nouns: ↑ action , ↑ administration , ↑ agency , ↑ aid , ↑ airline , ↑ apartment , ↑ apparatus , ↑ archive , ↑ assembly , ↑ asset , ↑ association , ↑ banquet , ↑ benefit , ↑ boundary , ↑ budget , ↑ bureaucracy , ↑ bureaucrat , ↑ capital , ↑ capitalism , ↑ censorship , ↑ census , ↑ champion , ↑ championship , ↑ charter , ↑ college , ↑ commission , ↑ commissioner , ↑ constitution , ↑ control , ↑ convention , ↑ council , ↑ custody , ↑ delegation , ↑ department , ↑ dinner , ↑ education , ↑ election , ↑ emergency , ↑ employee , ↑ enterprise , ↑ execution , ↑ expenditure , ↑ facility , ↑ fair , ↑ farm , ↑ federation , ↑ final , ↑ finance , ↑ fund , ↑ funding , ↑ funeral , ↑ government , ↑ governor , ↑ grant , ↑ guideline , ↑ handout , ↑ hospital , ↑ inmate , ↑ institution , ↑ insurance , ↑ interference , ↑ intervention , ↑ investment , ↑ land , ↑ law , ↑ legislation , ↑ legislature , ↑ library , ↑ line , ↑ lottery , ↑ machine , ↑ mandate , ↑ militia , ↑ monopoly , ↑ motto , ↑ occasion , ↑ office , ↑ official , ↑ opening , ↑ organization , ↑ ownership , ↑ park , ↑ parliament , ↑ pension , ↑ police , ↑ premier , ↑ propaganda , ↑ prosecutor , ↑ provision , ↑ radio , ↑ railway , ↑ recognition , ↑ regulation , ↑ religion , ↑ representative , ↑ repression , ↑ restriction , ↑ revenue , ↑ school , ↑ secret , ↑ secretary , ↑ sector , ↑ security , ↑ senator , ↑ socialism , ↑ sovereignty , ↑ spending , ↑ sponsor , ↑ sponsorship , ↑ standard , ↑ statute , ↑ steward , ↑ subsidy , ↑ support , ↑ system , ↑ tax , ↑ taxation , ↑ television , ↑ terror , ↑ terrorism , ↑ transportation , ↑ treasurer , ↑ trial , ↑ university , ↑ veterinarian , ↑ visit , ↑ voter , ↑ welfare , ↑ witness