Synonym: assert, circumstance, condition, declare, expound, express, nation, pose, position, recite, relate, report, say, situation, status, tell. Similar words: estate, statement, status, statue, statute, statistics, dictate, statistical. Meaning: [steɪt] 
n. 1. the group of people comprising the government of a sovereign state 2. the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation 3. a politically organized body of people under a single government 4. the way something is with respect to its main attributes 5. the federal department in the United States that sets and maintains foreign policies 6. the territory occupied by a nation 7. a state of depression or agitation 8. (chemistry) the three traditional states of matter are solids (fixed shape and volume) and liquids (fixed volume and shaped by the container) and gases (filling the container). v. 1. express in words 2. put before 3. indicate through a symbol, formula, etc..
n. 1. the group of people comprising the government of a sovereign state 2. the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation 3. a politically organized body of people under a single government 4. the way something is with respect to its main attributes 5. the federal department in the United States that sets and maintains foreign policies 6. the territory occupied by a nation 7. a state of depression or agitation 8. (chemistry) the three traditional states of matter are solids (fixed shape and volume) and liquids (fixed volume and shaped by the container) and gases (filling the container). v. 1. express in words 2. put before 3. indicate through a symbol, formula, etc.. 
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181. The state of the kitchen appalled her.
182. She misinformed me of the real state of affairs.
183. The President confirmed him as the Secretary of State.
184. The garden was in a state of total neglect.
185. GM schools receive better funding than other state schools.
186. The barn was in a poor state of repair.
187. The President named him to be Secretary of State.
188. The house was in a sorry state.
189. The state often presents a threat to individuality.
190. They have accepted the necessity of greater state intervention.
191. She spoke slowly,(http://sentencedict.com/state.html) in a state of preoccupation.
192. Did he die in a state of grace?
193. The state farms were semi-military in character.
194. Wakoski is writer in residence at Michigan State University.
195. They are putting pressure on the government to equalize state pension ages between men and women.
196. I was still very shocked and in no fit state to work.
197. Once long ago he had considered becoming a state trooper.
198. I'd like to buy a new car, but my finances are in such a parlous state that I can't afford to.
199. What happened had a lot to do with my state of mind at the time.
200. Is political culture, as some writers have suggested, in a state of collapse?
201. Successful state schools must be used as models for the rest.
202. The business has 34 retail outlets in this state alone.
203. It is so blindingly obvious that defence must be the responsibility of the state.
204. She remembers when her dad ran for governor and stumped the north of the state.
205. They were acting to prevent the state from trespassing on family matters such as sex education.
206. The tussle to free the individual from the nanny state is still far from won.
207. She was the first woman to hold the office of Australian state premier.
208. I lost my job when the company moved to another state.
209. He will remain head of state during the transition to democracy.
210. Education remains in a state of flux which will take some time to settle down.
More similar words: estate, statement, status, statue, statute, statistics, dictate, statistical, devastating, hesitate, facilitate, get at, potato, not at all, at a time, habitat, limitation, invitation, orientation, presentation, confrontation, stare, stand, star, stay, interpretation, implementation, transportation, representation, representative.