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

(US) Existing or occurring within a single US state. / (US) Of or from the state where an institution is located, especially a public or state-funded college or university.

With pomp and ceremony. / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see in, state.

(historical) Former name of Trucial Oman. A collection of former protectorates (since the 1820 General Maritime Treaty) of the United Kingdom, comprising most of the small Arab coastal states (then sheikhdoms) located along the Persian Gulf. The precursor of the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

(in the singular, formerly also plural) Ellipsis of United States of America. / (in the plural) The collection of individual states of the United States of America.

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.

plural of Trucial State

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.