state
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is a type of: administrative district, administrative division, territorial division - a district defined for administrative purposessubtypes:
- commonwealth - the official name of some states in the United States (Massachusetts and Pennsylvania and Virginia and Kentucky) and associated territories (Puerto Rico)
- eparchy - a province in ancient Greece
- american state - one of the 50 states of the United States
- italian region - Italy is divided into 20 regions for administrative purposes
- canadian province - Canada is divided into 12 provinces for administrative purposes
- australian state - one of the several states constituting Australia
- malaysian state - one of the several states constituting Malaysia
- soviet socialist republic - one of the states that formerly made up the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922-1991)
specific instances:- guangdong, guangdong province, kwangtung - a province in southern China
- gansu, gansu province, kansu - a province in north-central China; formerly part of the Silk Road to Turkistan and India and Persia
- hebei, hebei province, hopeh, hopei - a populous province in northeastern China
- hunan, hunan province - a province in southeastern central China between the Nan Ling mountains and the Chang Jiang; noted for its timber and valuable mineral resources
- sichuan, szechuan, szechwan, szechwan province - a populous province of south central China
- yunnan, yunnan province - a province of southern China
- sinkiang, xinjiang, xinjiang uighur autonomous region - an autonomous province in far northwestern China on the border with Mongolia and Kazakhstan; the largest province in the People's Republic of China and the homeland of the Uighur people
- inner mongolia, nei monggol - an autonomous region of northeastern China that was annexed by the Manchu rulers in 1635 and became an integral part of China in 1911
- yucatan - a state of Mexico on the northern part of the Yucatan Peninsula
- campeche - a Mexican state on the eastern part of the Gulf of Campeche
- chihuahua - a state in northern Mexico; mostly high plateau
- coahuila - a state in northern Mexico; mostly high plateau
- quintana roo - a Mexican state on the eastern side of the Yucatan Peninsula
- tabasco - a Mexican state on the Gulf of Campeche
- lower saxony - a state in northwestern Germany
- bavaria - a state in southern Germany famous for its beer; site of an automobile factory
- kosovo - a Serbian province in southern Serbia and Montenegro populated predominantly by Albanians
- bosnia - the northern part of Bosnia-Herzegovina
- tirol, tyrol - a picturesque mountainous province of western Austria and northern Italy
- assam - state in northeastern India
- karnataka, mysore - state in southern India; formerly Mysore
- manipur - state in northeastern India
- sikkim - a state in northeastern India in the Himalaya Mountains between Nepal and Bhutan
- andhra pradesh - a state of southeastern India on the Bay of Bengal
- bihar - a state of northeastern India
- goa - a state of southwestern India; a former Portuguese colony
- gujarat, gujerat - an industrialized state in western India that includes parts of Bombay
- madras, tamil nadu - a state in southeastern India on the Bay of Bengal (south of Andhra Pradesh); formerly Madras
- uttar pradesh - a state in northern India
- maharashtra - a state in west-central India
- orissa - state in eastern India on the Bay of Bengal
- west bengal - a state in eastern India
- indonesian borneo, kalimantan - the part of Indonesia on the southern side of the island of Borneo
- friesland - one of the northernmost provinces of the Netherlands
- free state, orange free state - a province in central South Africa that was colonized by the Boers; named Free State in 1997
- transvaal - a province of northeastern South Africa originally inhabited by Africans who spoke Bantu; colonized by the Boers
- cape colony, cape of good hope province, cape province - a former province of southern South Africa that was settled by the Dutch in 1652 and ceded to Great Britain in 1814; in 1994 it was split into three new provinces of South Africa
- cape of good hope - a province of western South Africa
- abkhaz, abkhazia - an autonomous province of Georgia on the Black Sea; a strong independence movement has resulted in much instability
- adzhar, adzharia - an autonomous province of Georgia on the Black Sea
- buganda - a state of Uganda and site of a former Bantu kingdom
same as: province -
is a type of: attribute - an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entitysubtypes:
- feeling - the experiencing of affective and emotional states
- skillfulness - the state of being cognitively skillful
- cleavage - the state of being split or cleft
- medium - a state that is intermediate between extremes; a middle position
- ornamentation - the state of being ornamented
- condition - a mode of being or form of existence of a person or thing
- condition, status - a state at a particular time
- conditionality - the state of being conditional
- ground state - (physics) the lowest energy state of an atom or other particle
- nationhood - the state of being a nation
- situation, state of affairs - the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time
- relationship - a state of connectedness between people (especially an emotional connection)
- relationship - a state involving mutual dealings between people or parties or countries
- tribalism - the state of living together in tribes
- utopia - ideally perfect state; especially in its social and political and moral aspects
- dystopia - state in which the conditions of life are extremely bad as from deprivation or oppression or terror
- natural state, state of nature, wild - a wild primitive state untouched by civilization
- isomerism - the state of being an isomer; the complex of chemical and physical phenomena characteristic of isomers
- degree, level, point, stage - a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process
- office, power - (of a government or government official) holding an office means being in power
- position, status - the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society
- being, beingness, existence, face of the earth - the state or fact of existing
- nonbeing - the state of not being
- death - the absence of life or state of being dead
- employ, employment - the state of being employed or having a job
- unemployment - the state of being unemployed or not having a job
- order - established customary state (especially of society)
- disorder - a disturbance of the peace or of public order
- antagonism, enmity, hostility - a state of deep-seated ill-will
- conflict - a state of opposition between persons or ideas or interests
- illumination - the degree of visibility of your environment
- freedom - the condition of being free; the power to act or speak or think without externally imposed restraints
- agency, delegacy, representation - the state of serving as an official and authorized delegate or agent
- dependance, dependence, dependency - the state of relying on or being controlled by someone or something else
- motion - a state of change
- lifelessness, motionlessness, stillness - a state of no motion or movement
- dead letter, non-issue - the state of something that has outlived its relevance
- action, activeness, activity - the state of being active
- inaction, inactiveness, inactivity - the state of being inactive
- temporary state - a state that continues for a limited time
- forthcomingness, imminence, imminency, imminentness, impendence, impendency - the state of being imminent and liable to happen soon
- preparation, preparedness, readiness - the state of having been made ready or prepared for use or action (especially military action)
- flux, state of flux - a state of uncertainty about what should be done (usually following some important event) preceding the establishment of a new direction of action
- kalemia - the presence of excess potassium in the circulating blood
- enlargement - the state of being enlarged
- separation - the state of lacking unity
- unification, union - the state of being joined or united or linked
- matureness, maturity - state of being mature; full development
- immatureness, immaturity - not having reached maturity
- grace, saving grace, state of grace - (Christian theology) a state of sanctification by God; the state of one who is under such divine influence
- damnation, eternal damnation - the state of being condemned to eternal punishment in Hell
- omniscience - the state of being omniscient; having infinite knowledge
- omnipotence - the state of being omnipotent; having unlimited power
- flawlessness, ne plus ultra, perfection - the state of being without a flaw or defect
- integrity, unity, wholeness - an undivided or unbroken completeness or totality with nothing wanting
- imperfection, imperfectness - the state or an instance of being imperfect
- receivership - the state of property that is in the hands of a receiver
- ownership - the state or fact of being an owner
- obligation - the state of being obligated to do or pay something
- death, destruction, end - a final state
- annulment, revocation - the state of being cancelled or annulled
- merchantability - the state of being fit for market; ready to be bought or sold
- turgor - (biology) the normal rigid state of fullness of a cell or blood vessel or capillary resulting from pressure of the contents against the wall or membrane
- homozygosity - the state of being homozygous; having two identical alleles of the same gene
- heterozygosity - the state of being heterozygous; having two different alleles of the same gene
- neotony - the state resulting when juvenile characteristics are retained by the adults of a species
- plurality - the state of being plural
- polyvalence, polyvalency - (toxicology) the state of being capable of counteracting more than one toxin or antigen or kind of microorganism
- multivalence, multivalency, polyvalence, polyvalency - (chemistry) the state of having a valence greater than two
- paternity - the state of being a father
- utilization - the state of having been made use of
- technicality - the state of being technical as in the use of technical terms or methods
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is a type of: authorities, government, regime - the organization that is the governing authority of a political unitsubtypes:
- soviets - the government of the Soviet Union
- welfare state - a government that undertakes responsibility for the welfare of its citizens through programs in public health and public housing and pensions and unemployment compensation etc.
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is a type of: political entity, political unit - a unit with political responsibilitiessubtypes:
- commonwealth country - any of the countries in the British Commonwealth
- developing country - a country that is poor and whose citizens are mostly agricultural workers but that wants to become more advanced socially and economically
- dominion - one of the self-governing nations in the British Commonwealth
- foreign country - any state of which one is not a citizen
- reich - the German state
- renegade state, rogue nation, rogue state - a state that does not respect other states in its international actions
- suzerain - a state exercising a degree of dominion over a dependent state especially in its foreign affairs
- sea power - a nation that possesses formidable naval strength
- great power, major power, power, superpower, world power - a state powerful enough to influence events throughout the world
- city state, city-state - a state consisting of a sovereign city
- ally - a friendly nation
specific instances: eelam, tamil eelam - the independent state that the Tamil Tigers have fought forhas: estate, estate of the realm, the three estates - a major social class or order of persons regarded collectively as part of the body politic of the country (especially in the United Kingdom) and formerly possessing distinct political rights -
tells us about:referred to in: chemical science, chemistry - the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactionsis a type of: chemical phenomenon - any natural phenomenon involving chemistry (as changes to atoms or molecules)subtypes:
- form, phase - (physical chemistry) a distinct state of matter in a system; matter that is identical in chemical composition and physical state and separated from other material by the phase boundary
- liquid, liquid state, liquidity, liquidness - the state in which a substance exhibits a characteristic readiness to flow with little or no tendency to disperse and relatively high incompressibility
- solid, solid state, solidness - the state in which a substance has no tendency to flow under moderate stress; resists forces (such as compression) that tend to deform it; and retains a definite size and shape
- gas, gaseous state - the state of matter distinguished from the solid and liquid states by: relatively low density and viscosity; relatively great expansion and contraction with changes in pressure and temperature; the ability to diffuse readily; and the spontaneous tendency to become distributed uniformly throughout any container
- plasma - (physical chemistry) a fourth state of matter distinct from solid or liquid or gas and present in stars and fusion reactors; a gas becomes a plasma when it is heated until the atoms lose all their electrons, leaving a highly electrified collection of nuclei and free electrons
same as: state of matter -
domain usage: colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speechis a type of: emotional state, spirit - the state of a person's emotions (especially with regard to pleasure or dejection)
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is a type of: administrative district, administrative division, territorial division - a district defined for administrative purposessubtypes:
- banana republic - a small country (especially in Central America) that is politically unstable and whose economy is dominated by foreign companies and depends on one export (such as bananas)
- country of origin, fatherland, homeland, mother country, motherland, native land - the country where you were born
- buffer country, buffer state - a small neutral state between two rival powers
- kingdom - a country with a king as head of state
- tax haven - a country or independent region where taxes are low
- european country, european nation - any one of the countries occupying the European continent
- african country, african nation - any one of the countries occupying the African continent
- asian country, asian nation - any one of the nations occupying the Asian continent
- south american country, south american nation - any one of the countries occupying the South American continent
- north american country, north american nation - any country on the North American continent
- sultanate - country or territory ruled by a sultan
specific instances:- antigua and barbuda - a country in the northern Leeward Islands
- cape verde, republic of cape verde - an island country in the Atlantic off the coast of Senegal
- ceylon, democratic socialist republic of sri lanka, sri lanka - a republic on the island of Ceylon; became independent of the United Kingdom in 1948
- comoros, federal islamic republic of the comoros - a country on the Comoro Islands
- cuba, republic of cuba - a communist state in the Caribbean on the island of Cuba
- haiti, republic of haiti - a republic in the West Indies on the western part of the island of Hispaniola; achieved independence from France in 1804; the poorest and most illiterate nation in the western hemisphere
- dominican republic - a republic in the West Indies; located on the eastern two-thirds of the island of Hispaniola
- jamaica - a country on the island of Jamaica; became independent of England in 1962; much poverty; the major industry is tourism
- barbados - a parliamentary democracy on the island of Barbados; former British colony; a popular resort area
- republic of trinidad and tobago, trinidad and tobago - an island republic in the West Indies off the northeastern coast of Venezuela; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1962
- cyprus, republic of cyprus - a country on the island of Cyprus; 80% of the people are of Greek origin and 20% or Turkish origin
- commonwealth of dominica, dominica - a country on the island of Dominica
- east timor - a former Portuguese colony that was annexed by Indonesia in 1976; voted for independence from Indonesia in 1999 and in May 2002 became an independent nation
- fiji, republic of fiji - an independent state within the British Commonwealth located on the Fiji Islands
- israel, sion, state of israel, yisrael, zion - Jewish republic in southwestern Asia at eastern end of Mediterranean; formerly part of Palestine
- etruria - an ancient country in central Italy; assimilated by the Romans by about 200 BC
- australia, commonwealth of australia - a nation occupying the whole of the Australian continent; Aboriginal tribes are thought to have migrated from southeastern Asia 20,000 years ago; first Europeans were British convicts sent there as a penal colony
- federated states of micronesia, micronesia, tt - a country scattered over Micronesia with a constitutional government in free association with the United States; achieved independence in 1986
- marshall islands, republic of the marshall islands - a republic (under United States protection) on the Marshall Islands
- tuvalu - a small island republic on the Tuvalu islands; formerly part of the British colony of Gilbert and Ellice Islands until it withdrew in 1975 and became independent of the United Kingdom in 1978
- kiribati, republic of kiribati - an island republic in the west central Pacific just to the south of the equator
- nauru, republic of nauru - an island republic on Nauru Island; phosphate exports support the economy
- independent state of papua new guinea, papua new guinea - a parliamentary democracy on the eastern half of the island of New Guinea; in 1975 it became an independent state within the Commonwealth of Nations
- bahama islands, bahamas, commonwealth of the bahamas - island country in the Atlantic to the east of Florida and Cuba; a popular winter resort
- burkina faso, upper volta - a desperately poor landlocked country in western Africa; was formerly Upper Volta under French rule but gained independence in 1960
- dutch east indies, indonesia, republic of indonesia - a republic in southeastern Asia on an archipelago including more than 13,000 islands; achieved independence from the Netherlands in 1945; the principal oil producer in the Far East and Pacific regions
- grenada - an island state in the West Indies in the southeastern Caribbean Sea; an independent state within the British Commonwealth
- maldives, republic of maldives - a republic on the Maldive Islands; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1965
- malta, republic of malta - a republic on the island of Malta in the Mediterranean; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1964
- mauritius, republic of mauritius - a parliamentary state on the island of Mauritius
- new zealand - an independent country within the British Commonwealth; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1907; known for sheep and spectacular scenery
- palau, republic of palau, tt - a republic in the western central Pacific Ocean in association with the United States
- philippines, republic of the philippines - a republic on the Philippine Islands; achieved independence from the United States in 1946
- federation of saint kitts and nevis, saint christopher-nevis, saint kitts and nevis, st. christopher-nevis, st. kitts and nevis - a country on several of the Leeward Islands; located to the east southeast of Puerto Rico; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1983
- saint lucia, st. lucia - a country on the island of Saint Lucia; gained independence from Great Britain in 1979
- saint vincent and the grenadines, st. vincent and the grenadines - an island country in the central Windward Islands; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1979
- independent state of samoa, samoa, samoa i sisifo, western samoa - a constitutional monarchy on the western part of the islands of Samoa in the South Pacific
- democratic republic of sao tome and principe, sao thome e principe, sao tome and principe, sao tome e principe, st. thomas and principe - island nation in the South Atlantic off the west coast of Africa; achieved independence from Portugal in 1975; has enormous offshore oil reserves
- republic of seychelles, seychelles - a republic on the Seychelles islands; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1976
- solomon islands - the southern Solomon Islands that since 1978 form an independent state in the British Commonwealth
- rus - the medieval Russian state established by Scandinavian traders in the 9th century; the capital was first in Novgorod and then in Kiev
- russia, soviet union, union of soviet socialist republics, ussr - a former communist country in eastern Europe and northern Asia; established in 1922; included Russia and 14 other soviet socialist republics (Ukraine and Byelorussia and others); officially dissolved 31 December 1991
- russia, russian federation - a federation in northeastern Europe and northern Asia; formerly Soviet Russia; since 1991 an independent state
- ukraine, ukrayina - a republic in southeastern Europe; formerly a European soviet; the center of the original Russian state which came into existence in the ninth century
- turkmen, turkmenia, turkmenistan, turkomen - a republic in Asia to the east of the Caspian Sea and to the south of Kazakhstan and to the north of Iran; an Asian soviet from 1925 to 1991
- friendly islands, kingdom of tonga, tonga - a monarchy on a Polynesian archipelago in the South Pacific; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1970
- republic of turkey, turkey - a Eurasian republic in Asia Minor and the Balkans; on the collapse of the Ottoman Empire in 1918, the Young Turks, led by Kemal Ataturk, established a republic in 1923
- new hebrides, republic of vanuatu, vanuatu - a volcanic island republic in Melanesia; independent since 1980
member holonym:- department - the territorial and administrative division of some countries (such as France)
- province, state - the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation
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is a type of: executive department - a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United Statessubtypes: foggy bottom - United States Department of State, which is housed in a building in a low-lying area of Washington near the Potomac Riverhas:
- bureau of diplomatic security, ds - the bureau in the State Department that is responsible for the security of diplomats and embassies overseas
- foreign service - the part of the State Department that supplies diplomats for the United States embassies and consulates around the world
- bureau of intelligence and research, inr - an agency that is the primary source in the State Department for interpretive analyses of global developments and focal point for policy issues and activities of the Intelligence Community
Verb
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is a type of: express, give tongue to, utter, verbalise, verbalize - articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noisesubtypes:
- lay out, present, represent - bring forward and present to the mind
- misstate - state something incorrectly
- answer, reply, respond - react verbally
- introduce, precede, preface, premise - furnish with a preface or introduction
- announce, declare - announce publicly or officially
- articulate, enunciate, vocalise, vocalize - express or state clearly
- get out - express with difficulty
- declare - state emphatically and authoritatively
- declare - make a declaration (of dutiable goods) to a customs official
- mention, note, observe, remark - make mention of
- add, append, supply - state or say further
- explain - define
- give - convey or reveal information
- sum, sum up, summarise, summarize - be a summary of
verb group: say - state as one's opinion or judgement; declare -
same as: express
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