What is the difference between state and premier?
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A polity.
# Any sovereign polity; a government.
#* 20C , (Albert Einstein), as quoted by Virgil Henshaw in Albert Einstein: Philosopher Scientist (1949)
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, title= # A political division of a federation retaining a degree of autonomy, for example one of the fifty United States. See also Province.
# (obsolete) A form of government other than a monarchy.
#* (John Dryden) (1631-1700)
# (anthropology) A society larger than a tribe. A society large enough to form a state in the sense of a government.
A condition; a set of circumstances applying at any given time.
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# (computing) The stable condition of a processor during a particular clock cycle.
# (computing) The set of all parameters relevant to a computation.
# (computing) The values of all parameters at some point in a computation.
# (sciences) The physical property of matter as solid, liquid, gas or plasma.
# (obsolete) Highest and stationary condition, as that of maturity between growth and decline, or as that of crisis between the increase and the abating of a disease; height; acme.
High social standing or circumstance.
# Pomp, ceremony, or dignity.
# Rank; condition; quality.
#* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
# Condition of prosperity or grandeur; wealthy or prosperous circumstances; social importance.
#* (Francis Bacon) (1561-1626)
#* (Alexander Pope) (1688-1744)
# A chair with a canopy above it, often standing on a dais; a seat of dignity; also, the canopy itself.
#* (John Milton) (1608-1674)
#* (Jonathan Swift) (1667–1745)
# (obsolete) A great person, a dignitary; a lord or prince.
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# (obsolete) Estate, possession.
#* (Philip Massinger) (1583-1640)
(mathematics, stochastic processes) An element of the range of the random variables that define a random process.
(lb) To declare to be a fact.
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To make known.
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Foremost; first or highest in quality or degree.
* 2004 , Philip Moore, Scouting an Anthropology of Sport'', ''Anthropologica , Volume 46, Number 1, Canadian Anthropology Society,
* 2011 , Kate Askew, Dot. Bomb Australia , Read How You Want,
* 2011 , Pippa de Bruyn, Keith Bain, Frommer?s South Africa , 7th Edition,
(politics, UK, Westminster system) The leader of the government in parliament and leader of the cabinet.
# (politics, UK parliament) The prime minister.
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# (politics, Australia, Canada, South Africa) The government leader in parliament and leader of cabinet in a state or provincial parliamentary system.
#* 1974 , Irving M. Abella, On Strike; Six Key Labour Struggles in Canada, 1919-1949 ,
#* 1986 , R. Kenneth Carty, National Politics and Community in Canada ,
#* 2007 , Patrick Moray Weller, Cabinet Government in Australia, 1901-2006: Practice, Principles, Performance ,
#* 2009 , Andrew Stewart, John Spoehr (editor), Chapter 16: Industrial Relations'', ''State of South Australia: From Crisis to Prosperity? ,
#* 2011 , Jennifer Curtin, Marian Sawer, 4: Oceania, Gretchen Bauer, Manon Tremblay (editors), ''Women in Executive Power: A Global Overview ,
(politics, non-Westminster) The government leader in a legislative congress or leader of a government-level administrative body; the head of government.
* 1983 , Guo Zhou, China & the World , Volume 4, Beijing Review,
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* 2008 , Steffen W. Schmidt, Mack C. Shelley, Barbara A. Bardes, American Government & Politics Today ,
(nautical, slang) The first lieutenant or other second-in-command officer of a ship.
To perform, display or exhibit for the first time.
* 1998 , John Herschel Baron, Intimate Music: A History of the Idea of Chamber Music ,
* 2000 , W. Royal Stokes, Living the Jazz Life: Conversations With Forty Musicians About Their Careers in Jazz ,
* 2010 , Murry R. Nelson, The Rolling Stones: A Musical Biography ,
As nouns the difference between state and premier
is that state is any sovereign polity a government while premier is (politics|uk|westminster system) the leader of the government in parliament and leader of the cabinet.As verbs the difference between state and premier
is that state is to declare to be a fact while premier is to perform, display or exhibit for the first time.As a adjective premier is
foremost; first or highest in quality or degree.state
English
Noun
(wikipedia state) (en noun)- Never do anything against conscience even if the state demands it.
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- Well monarchies may own religion's name, / But states are atheists in their very fame.
- Declare the past and present state of things.
- Thy honour, state , and seat is due to me.
- She instructed him how he should keep state , and yet with a modest sense of his misfortunes.
- Can this imperious lord forget to reign, / Quit all his state , descend, and serve again?
- His high throne,under state / Of richest texture spread.
- When he went to court, he used to kick away the state , and sit down by his prince cheek by jowl.
- They who to States and Governours of the Commonwealth direct their Speech.
- (Daniel)
- Your state , my lord, again is yours.
Derived terms
* absolute state * blue state * bound state * buffer state * cat state * change of state * chief of state * city state * civilization-state * client state * cluster state * continental state * convention state * deep state * end state * excited state * failed state * federal state * feudatory state * flyover state * fogue state * free state * graph state * green state * ground state * hole state * in a state * iron state * island state * head of state * landlocked state * link state * member state * nanny state * narco state * nation-state * night watchman state * party state * police state * poppet state * princely state * pro-state * pseudostate * purple state * quantum state * red state * rogue state * rump state * save state * solid state * statehood * state flower * state of affairs * state of emergency * state of matter * state of mind * state of the arts * state capital * state house * state machine * state ownership * state pattern * state school * state secret * state space * state variable * stateside * statesman * statesmanship * steady state * swing state * transition state * wait state * unitary state * upstate * welfare state (state)See also
* department * provinceVerb
Usage notes
State'' is stronger or more definitive than ''say . It is used to communicate an absence of reasonable doubt and to emphasize the factual or truthful nature of the communication.Synonyms
* SeeStatistics
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Adjective
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- This failure, for a team associated with one of the premier Australian Rules Football teams with the longest of traditions, is truly enormous.
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- If they?d followed the advice they had received more carefully, they would have paired up with John Fairfax Holdings, later Fairfax Media, Australia?s premier independent media company.
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- South Africa?s golfing greats battle it out on one of the country?s premier courses.
See also
* preeminent, primary, primeNoun
(en noun) (wikipedia premier)page 910,
- Mr. Gladstone had literally no option. Not to coerce the Lords was to coerce the Commons to continue purchase in spite of their repeated votes for its abolition, and this the Premier had as little the power as the will to do.
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- More surprising than the company?s activities and interests were those of the premier of Ontario, Mitchell Hepburn.
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- The major concern of most of the premiers who attended the 1887 conference was, as Macdonald well understood, to put pressure upoon Ottawa to amend the B.N.A. Act to increase the subsidies paid to the provinces by tying them to current population levels rather than those of 1860.
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- John Forrest had dominated the fledgling state of Western Australia, serving as premier for the previous decade.
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- In 1890 it was South Australian Premier Charles Cameron Kingston who first proposed a system of compulsory conciliation and arbitration to deal with industrial unrest.
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- In 2009 Kristina Keneally became Labor premier in NSW in similar circumstances to her predecessors in Western Australia and Victoria - a Labor government that was in deep trouble because of mismanagement and corruption scandals.
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- This shows that our policy of strengthening friendly ties with Africa as developed by Chairman Mao Zedong and Premier Zhou Enlai is a correct one and that it has won popular support in Africa.
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- Actual decision-making power in China resides in the state?s executive organs and in the CCP. At the national level the top government executive organ is the State Council, which is led by the premier .
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- So, in the case of Russia and some other states, the head of state is the president (who is elected) and who then can name the premier' and the cabinet ministers. The intent of this system is for the president to be popularly elected and to exercise political leadership, while the ' premier runs the everyday operations of government and leads the legislative power.
Usage notes
Often capitalised, especially when used as a title. In British English, prime minister and premier''''' are interchangeable, while in Australia and Canada, the federal leader is the prime minister and the state/provincial leaders are ' premier s. The term prime minister is commonly a synonym also in non-Westminster system contextsSynonyms
* (parliamentary leader of government and leader of cabinet in a national parliament) prime minister, first minister * (parliamentary leader of government and leader of cabinet in a state or provincial parliament) first minister * (head of government in a non-Westminster system) prime minister * (second-in-command on a ship) first lieutenant, first mateSee also
* premiere * king, queen, president * governor * first ministerVerb
(en verb)- The composer invited all his friends when they premiered the movie he orchestrated, we got to see it before anyone but the crew.
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- Beethoven at first promised Schuppanzigh the right to premier' Opus 127, but Linke, cellist in Schuppanzigh?s Quartet, had also received Beethoven?s permission to ' premier the work at a special benefit concert for himself.
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- So what I want to do is try to premier the new piece with the other piece, and have just a big splash in the city.
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- To premier the record and to show that they were still able to perform, the Stones made a surprise appearance at the New Musical Express Poll Winners Concert on May 12 in Wembley Stadium.