How do you use the word "state" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "state": You must state the fact as it is. In communism, the means of production are owned by the state.

State Meaning

/steɪt/

Definition, CEFR level A1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounA condition; a set of circumstances applying at any given time.

nounA condition; a set of circumstances applying at any given time., A complete description of a system, consisting of parameters that determine all properties of the system.

Sentence Examples

You must state the fact as it is.

In communism, the means of production are owned by the state.

The state spends taxpayers’ money and should be held accountable.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

say tell express

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

During the meeting, the manager will ____ the company's new policy to all employees.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

The governor gave a moving speech about the current ____ of the economy during the annual assembly.

Word Origin & History

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Italic *status Latin statuslbor. Old French estatbor. Middle English stat English state From Middle English stat (as a noun); adopted c. 1200 from both Old French estat and Latin stātus (“manner of standing, attitude, position, carriage, manner, dress, apparel; and other senses”), from stāre (“to stand”). Doublet of estate and status. The sense of "polity" develops in the 14th century. Compare French être, Greek στέω (stéo), Italian stare, Portuguese estar, Romanian sta, and Spanish estar. The verb is first attested around the beginning of the 16th century. Related to English stand.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"Relate what Latium was, her ancient Kings : / Declare the paſt, and preſent State of things, / When firſt the Trojan Fleet Auſonia ſought ; / And how the Rivals lov’d, and how they fought." — 1697, “Æneis”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil, volume III, Londo: Jacob Tonson, published 1721, page 713:

"I corralled the judge, and we started off across the fields, in no very mild state of fear of that gentleman's wife, whose vigilance was seldom relaxed." — 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter VIII, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:

"States in which the energy has definite values are called stationary states of a system; they are described by wave functions Ψₙ which are the eigenfunctions of the Hamiltonian operator, i.e. which satisfy the equation ĤΨₙ = EₙΨₙ, where Eₙ are the eigenvalues of the energy." — 1977, J. B. Sykes; John Stewart Bell, translating Lev Landau; Evgeny Lifshitz, Course of Theoretical Physics Vol. 3: Quantum Mechanics: Non-relativistic Theory, page 28:

"Who the fuck undressed me? Try tracing back. It's now Sunday. Yesterday was Saturday. The semi-final at Hampden. I had got myself into some fucking state before and after the match." — 1994 [1993], Irvine Welsh, “Traditional Sunday Breakfast”, in Trainspotting, London: Minerva, →ISBN, page 92:

"An absolute state of a visit: what the Trump and Windsor snapshots tell us [title]" — 2019 June 3, Hannah Jane Parkinson, “An absolute state of a visit: what the Trump and Windsor snapshots tell us”, in The Guardian:

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