The noun state has 8 senses (first 8 from tagged texts)
1. (354) state -- (the group of people comprising the government of a sovereign state; "the state has lowered its income tax")
2. (272) state, province -- (the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation; "his state is in the deep south")
3. (184) state, nation, country, land, commonwealth, res publica, body politic -- (a politically organized body of people under a single government; "the state has elected a new president"; "African nations"; "students who had come to the nation's capitol"; "the country's largest manufacturer"; "an industrialized land")
4. (142) state -- (the way something is with respect to its main attributes; "the current state of knowledge"; "his state of health"; "in a weak financial state")
5. (68) Department of State, United States Department of State, State Department, State, DoS -- (the federal department in the United States that sets and maintains foreign policies; "the Department of State was created in 1789")
6. (41) country, state, land -- (the territory occupied by a nation; "he returned to the land of his birth"; "he visited several European countries")
7. (2) state -- (a state of depression or agitation; "he was in such a state you just couldn't reason with him")
8. (1) state of matter, state -- ((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); "the solid state of water is called ice")
Overview of verb state
The verb state has 3 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (75) state, say, tell -- (express in words; "He said that he wanted to marry her"; "tell me what is bothering you"; "state your opinion"; "state your name")
2. (16) submit, state, put forward, posit -- (put before; "I submit to you that the accused is guilty")
3. (4) express, state -- (indicate through a symbol, formula, etc.; "Can you express this distance in kilometers?")