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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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, passage=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.}}
# (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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*:Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers, of errand not wholly obvious to their fellows, yet of such sort as to call into query alike the nature of their errand and their own relations. It is easily earned repetition to state that Josephine St. Auban's was a presence not to be concealed.
To make known.
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(lb) To form (something) by combining materials or parts.
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*:Athelstan Arundel walked home all the way, foaming and raging. No omnibus, cab, or conveyance ever built could contain a young man in such a rage. His mother lived at Pembridge Square, which is four good measured miles from Lincoln's Inn.
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, title= To develop or give form to (something) according to a plan or process.
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, title= (lb) To increase or strengthen (something) by adding gradually to.
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, title= (lb) To establish a basis for (something).
(lb) To form by combining materials or parts.
(lb) To develop in magnitude or extent.
(senseid) The physique of a human body; constitution or structure of a human body.
(computing) any of various versions of a software product as it is being developed for release to users
(Internet slang) a structure, nominally an abbreviation of building (see usage notes below).
As verbs the difference between state and build
is that state is while build is (lb) to form (something) by combining materials or parts.As a noun build is
(senseid) the physique of a human body; constitution or structure of a human body.state
English
Noun
(wikipedia state) (en noun)- Never do anything against conscience even if the state demands it.
Fantasy of navigation, passage=It is tempting to speculate about the incentives or compulsions that might explain why anyone would take to the skies in [the] basket [of a balloon]: […]; […]; or perhaps to muse on the irrelevance of the borders that separate nation states and keep people from understanding their shared environment.}}
- 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
Verb
Mr. Pratt's Patients, chapter=1 , passage=A chap named Eleazir Kendrick and I had chummed in together the summer afore and built a fish-weir and shanty at Setuckit Point, down Orham way. For a spell we done pretty well.}}
The tao of tech, passage=The dirty secret of the internet is that all this distraction and interruption is immensely profitable. Web companies like to boast about […], or offering services that let you
The attack of the MOOCs, passage=Since the launch early last year of […] two Silicon Valley start-ups offering free education through MOOCs, massive open online courses, the ivory towers of academia have been shaken to their foundations. University brands built in some cases over centuries have been forced to contemplate the possibility that information technology will rapidly make their existing business model obsolete.}}
Usage notes
* The simple past tense and past participle used to be builded; however, that form is now archaic, having been superseded by the form .Synonyms
* (to form by combining materials or parts) construct, erect * (to develop or give form to according to a plan or process) create * (to increase or strengthen by adding gradually to) build up, enlarge, increase, strengthen * (to establish a basis for) base, found, groundAntonyms
* (to form by combining materials or parts) demolish, destroy, ruin, wreck * (to increase or strengthen by adding gradually to) decrease, dissipate, weakenDerived terms
* build a fire under * build castles in the air * build in * build into * build on * build on sand * build-to * build up * build upon * prebuildNoun
(en noun)- Rugby players are of sturdy build .
- The computer company has introduced a new prototype build to beta testers.
- I made a build that looked like the Parthenon in that game.