plural of state

present participle of state

statement

The chief public representative of a nation having duties, privileges and responsibilities varying greatly depending on the constitutional rules; a monarch in a monarchy, and often styled president in a republic, but variations such as collegiality exist.

A state consisting of one or more islands

A social system in which the state takes overall responsibility for the welfare of its citizens, providing health care, education, unemployment compensation and social security.

(quantum mechanics) Any state of the Fock space with a well-defined number of particles in each state.

(US politics) A state where the Green Party of the United States (GPUS) is influential.

plural of organ of state

Any of the three primary divisions of a state’s sovereignty (namely, the executive, the legislature, or the judiciary); the powers of each having been divided and balanced in accordance with the political principle of the separation of powers.