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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.
* (John Dryden) (1631-1700)
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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.
#* 1644 , (John Milton), (Aeropagitica) :
# (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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To make a loud, resonant sound.
(transitive, figuratively, of speech) To exclaim with force, to shout, to thunder.
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To make something boom.
(slang, US, obsolete) To publicly praise.
* (rfdate), Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Problem of Thor Bridge
To rush with violence and noise, as a ship under a press of sail, before a free wind.
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A low-pitched, resonant sound, such as of an explosion.
One of the calls of certain monkeys or birds.
* 1990 , Mark A. Berkley, William C. Stebbins, Comparative Perception
(nautical) A spar extending the foot of a sail; a spar rigged outboard from a ship's side to which boats are secured in harbour.
A movable pole used to support a microphone or camera.
A horizontal member of a crane or derrick, used for lifting.
(electronics) The longest element of a Yagi antenna, on which the other, smaller ones, are transversally mounted.
A floating barrier used to obstruct navigation, for military or other purposes; or used for the containment of an oil spill.
A wishbone shaped piece of windsurfing equipment.
The arm of a crane (mechanical lifting machine).
The section of the arm on a backhoe closest to the tractor.
To extend, or push, with a boom or pole.
To be prosperous.
(dated) To cause to advance rapidly in price.
In transitive terms the difference between state and boom
is that state is to make known while boom is to make something boom.As an adjective state
is stately.As a proper noun State
is state University, as the shortened form of any public university name.As an interjection boom is
used to suggest the sound of an explosion.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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English
(wikipedia boom)Etymology 1
Onomatopoetic, perhaps borrowed; compare German (m), Dutch (m).Verb
(en verb)- Thunder boomed in the distance and lightning flashes lit up the horizon.
- The cannon boomed , recoiled, and spewed a heavy smoke cloud.
- Beneath the cliff, the sea was booming on the rocks.
- I can hear the organ slowly booming from the chapel.
- Men in grey robes slowly booming the drums of death.
- If you pull this off every paper in England and America will be booming you.
- She comes booming down before it.
Derived terms
* boom box * sonic boomNoun
(en noun)- ''The boom of the surf.
- Interestingly, the blue monkey's boom and pyow calls are both long-distance signals (Brown, 1989), yet the two calls differ in respect to their susceptibility to habitat-induced degradation.
Etymology 2
From (etyl) . Compare English (m).Noun
(en noun)Verb
(en verb)- to boom''' out a sail; to '''boom off a boat
Etymology 3
Or uncertain origin; perhaps a development of Etymology 1, above.Antonyms
* (period of prosperity) recessionVerb
(en verb)- ''Business was booming .
- to boom railroad or mining shares