(government, politics) A political entity (a state) associated with a particular cultural entity (a nation) and a sovereign territorial unit.

A political entity whose political status is less than that of a fully sovereign nation-state, as with the former Congo Free State and the former Irish Free State.

Any change of a substance from one physical state (solid, liquid or gas) to another

(physics) Having or relating to the physical properties of solid materials, especially electromagnetic, thermodynamic or structural properties of crystalline solids.

(grammar) A noun form occurring in Afroasiatic languages, when the noun does bear a determiner (by contrast, in Aramaic there is an emphatic state or status emphaticus as a state of determination by the noun alone)

(grammar) A noun form occurring in Afroasiatic languages, when the noun does not bear a determiner – where it would use the determinate state –, nor governs a noun – where it would use the construct state.

plural of state church

a church established by or controlled by the government of a country.

(archaic) Dignified, old-fashioned style

Synonym of Washington, the US state.