(n)state, nation, country, land, commonwealth, res publica, body politica 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”
(n)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”
