0 a condition or way of being that exists at a particular time: --
1 a country or its government: --
Representatives are elected from each state.
formal His diary included comments on affairs/matters of state (= information about government activities).
Some theatres receive a small amount of funding from the state.
The government was determined to reduce the number of state-owned industries.
2 to say or write something, especially clearly and carefully: --
3 provided, created, or done by the state (= government of a country): --
a state funeral
the state opening of Parliament
state control
state legislature/law
state education/industries
4 a condition or way of being: --
5 one of the political units that some countries, such as the US, are divided into: --
While national leaders reluctantly accepted state reform, they steadfastly refused to consider any modification of their own highly centralised political party structures.
This tendency was reinforced in 1939 when the government declared the gas supply a state-owned public monopoly.
The restriction of fingerprint collection to people already suspected of a crime reinforced the tendency to rely upon punishment rather than effective state investigation.
Finally, at the new steady state, investment ceases, capital, and, hence, output are reduced.
When such inhibition is a reaction to the injury by a mental protective state, he recommends combining the medical treatment with psychological therapy.
Singing seemed to influence their psychological well-being and mental states significantly.
The impact of singing on children's psychological state and well-being was investigated with a participant population of 76 pre-pubertal children.
As such, ethnicity as ideology provides a psychological formula which mitigates the uncertainties of state- society relations.