blue state
A state of the United States voting Democratic in a given election, or tending to vote Democratic in general.
state
UK /steɪt/ US /steɪt/
noun 7verb 2adj 1name 1
Definitions
noun
1
A condition; a set of circumstances applying at any given time.
a state of being
a state of emergency
2
A condition; a set of circumstances applying at any given time.
States in which the energy has definite values are called stationary states of a system; they are described by wave functions Ψₙ which are the eigenfunctions of the Hamiltonian operator, i.e. which satisfy the equation ĤΨₙ = EₙΨₙ, where Eₙ are the eigenvalues of the energy.
3
A condition; a set of circumstances applying at any given time.
absolute state
in a state
4
A condition; a set of circumstances applying at any given time.
In the fetch state, the address of the next instruction is placed on the address bus.
5
A condition; a set of circumstances applying at any given time.
The state here includes a set containing all names seen so far.
verb
1
To declare to be a fact.
He stated that he was willing to help.
Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers, of errand not wholly obvious to their fellows, yet of such sort as to call into query alike the nature of their errand and their own relations. It is easily earned repetition to state that Josephine St. Auban's was a presence not to be concealed.
2
To make known.
State your intentions.
adj
1
Stately.
The ſhepheardes ſwayne you cannot well ken, / But it be by his pride, from other men: / They looken bigge as Bulles, that bene bate, / And bearen the cragge ſo ſtiffe and ſo ſtate, / As Cocke on his dunghill, crowing cranck.
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