STATE


Meaning of STATE in English

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n.

government

1) to establish, found, set up a ~

2) to govern, rule a ~

3) a buffer; client; garrison; independent; police; puppet; secular; sovereign; welfare ~

4) a member ~ (the member ~s of the UN)

condition

5) a comatose; good; moribund; nervous; poor; transitional; unconscious; unspoiled; weakened ~

6) one's financial; mental ~

7) a gaseous; liquid; solid ~

8) in a ~ (in a good ~ of repair; in a poor ~ of health; in a highly nervous ~)

9) ( misc. ) the ~ of the art ('the level of development')

nervous condition

10) in a ~ (she was in quite a ~)

pomp

11) to lie in ~

one of the fifty American ~s

12) a dry ~ ('a ~ in which the sale of alcoholic beverages is prohibited')

13) (historical; US ) a border; free; slave ~

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v.

1) to ~ clearly; emphatically

2) ( B ) we ~d our views to them

3) ( L ; to) they ~ed (to the reporters) that a summit conference would take place soon

4) ( Q ) she did not ~ how she expected to win the election

The Bbi combinatory dictionary of English, a guide to word combinations.      Комбинаторный словарь английского языка Bbi. Руководство по словосочетаниям.