present participle of state

A current governing polity. / (often with definite article) The current governing polity under which the speaker lives.

State University, as the shortened form of any public university name.

simple past tense and past participle of state

Expressed in a statement; uttered or written. / Settled; established; fixed. / Recurring at a regular time; not occasional.

(informal, chiefly outside of the US) Short for United States. / (historical, US) Those parts of the United States comprising states rather than territories.

plural of State

plural of stating

The state or condition of being stateful.

(computing) That supports different states, reacting to the same input differently depending on the current state. / (obsolete) Full of state; stately.