- state
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun1 conditionADJECTIVE▪ acceptable, fit, good, healthy▪
She managed to get the company's finances into a healthy state.
▪ appalling (esp. BrE), awful, bad, desperate, dire, dreadful, pitiful, poor, sorry, terrible▪ run-down (esp. BrE)▪We were shocked at the run-down state of the hospital.
▪ emotional, mental, psychological▪He's not in a fit enough mental state to drive.
▪ physical▪The inspectors assess the physical state of schools and equipment.
▪ financial▪ current, present▪ former, previous▪ natural▪You can either varnish the wood or leave it in its natural state.
▪ constant, continual, continuous, permanent, perpetual▪The country is in a perpetual state of anarchy.
▪ advanced▪an advanced state of dehydration
▪ altered▪a drug that produces altered states of consciousness
▪ nervous, trance-like▪He goes into a trance-like state when he plays the guitar.
▪ persistent vegetative (medical)VERB + STATE▪ get into, go into, reach▪The soul continues to be reborn until it has reached a state of perfection.
▪ live in▪She continues to live in a state of denial.
▪ get sb/sth into▪ create▪She uses music to create a particular emotional state.
▪ describePREPOSITION▪ in a state▪Jane was in a terrible state after losing her job.
▪ into a state▪She slipped into a state of unconsciousness.
▪ state of▪His life seems to be in a constant state of chaos.
PHRASES▪ be in a good, bad, etc. state of repair (BrE)▪The house was in a poor state of repair when we bought it.
▪ given the state of sth▪Given the current state of knowledge, it will take years to find a solution.
▪ a state of affairs▪The brothers' refusal to work together had brought about this sad state of affairs.
▪ a state of emergency▪The government has declared a state of emergency in the flooded regions.
▪ a state of flux▪The education system is still in a state of flux following the recent reform.
▪ sb's state of health▪He's concerned about his mother's state of health.
▪ a state of mind▪Public speaking can produce a state of mind similar to panic.
▪ a state of shock▪The driver was just sitting there in a state of shock.
▪ a state of siege, a state of war2 country/governmentADJECTIVE▪ city, nation▪ independent, sovereign▪ foreign▪ client▪ failed, rogue▪rogue states that shelter terrorists
▪ democratic, one-party, police, socialist, totalitarian▪ member▪member states of the European Union
▪ powerful, strong▪ weak▪ neighbouring/neighboring▪ welfare▪ nanny (esp. BrE)▪This latest policy is an example of the nanny state gone mad.
VERB + STATE▪ create, establish▪They created a modern nation state.
▪ become▪In 1949 China became a communist state.
STATE + NOUN▪ enterprise, monopoly▪ control, ownership▪The telephone network is still under state control.
▪ property▪Every citizen could buy shares in privatized state property.
▪ sector (esp. BrE), system▪Teachers in the state sector are asking for a 7% pay rise.
▪schools outside the state system
▪ education (= paid for by the government) (BrE)▪ school (= paid for by the government) (in the UK)▪Did you go to a state school or a private school?
▪ school, university (= managed by a state) (in the US)▪ aid, funding, funds, subsidy, support▪ benefit, pension (both esp. BrE)▪unemployed people living on state benefits
▪The state pension is barely enough to live on.
▪ intervention (esp. BrE)▪large-scale state intervention in industry
▪ power▪the legitimate exercise of state power
▪ spending▪Some prefer tax cuts to greater state spending on health and social services.
▪ employee▪ secret▪He was shot for passing state secrets to foreign powers.
PHRASES▪ affairs of state, matters of state▪The president's wife is said to have a powerful hand in affairs of state.
▪ church and state▪the separation of church and state
▪ an enemy of the state▪her status as an enemy of the state
▪ head of state▪Visiting heads of state usually stay at the palace.
▪ the power of the state▪ the role of the state3 part of a countryADJECTIVE▪ battleground, swing▪Both candidates have been campaigning in key battleground states.
▪ blue, red (both AmE)▪New Jersey is a blue state (= votes for the Democrats).
▪red states for Republicans
▪ border, slave (both AmE)▪opposition to the Civil War in Kansas and the other border states
… OF STATES▪ handful▪A handful of states have introduced similar legislation.
VERB + STATE▪ represent▪She was selected to represent the state of Texas at the conference.
▪ win▪George W. Bush won the state of Florida.
STATE + VERB▪ allow sth, require sth▪Most states require all drivers to carry a minimum level of insurance.
▪ pass sth▪Thirty states have passed similar legislation.
STATE + NOUN▪ capital, line (AmE)▪It can be a felony to transport wine across state lines.
▪ court, prison▪I was a correctional officer out of Utah state prison.
▪ law▪ constitution▪ budget, tax▪ agency, court, government, legislature▪Charities are required to register with a state agency.
▪ attorney general (AmE), lawmaker, legislator, official, senator▪ police, trooper (AmE)PREPOSITION▪ across the state, throughout the state▪He roamed throughout the state.
PHRASES▪ at the state level, on the state level▪The legislation must work at both the federal and state levels.
▪ a corner of the state▪{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}a farm tucked into the far north-west corner of the state
verbADVERB▪ clearly, plainly▪Please state clearly how many tickets you require.
▪ exactly, explicitly, expressly, precisely, specifically▪These facts were nowhere explicitly stated.
▪ categorically, unequivocally, with certainty▪She stated categorically that she had no intention of leaving.
▪ boldly, proudly▪ emphatically, firmly▪ bluntly, flatly, matter-of-factly▪‘Alcohol doesn't solve problems,’ she stated flatly.
▪ confidently, with confidence▪ accurately▪ correctly, rightly▪ falsely, incorrectly, wrongly (esp. BrE)▪ openly, publicly▪He stated his own views quite openly.
▪ formally, officially▪ briefly, succinctly▪ quietly▪ just, merely, simply▪I am merely stating the facts.
▪ repeatedlyVERB + STATE▪ go on to▪The report goes on to state that …
▪ fail to▪The committee failed to state their reasons for this decision.
▪ let sbPHRASES▪ as previously stated, as stated earlier, as stated previously▪As previously stated, the phrase has an ambiguous meaning.
▪ stated above, stated below▪We cannot accept this proposal for the reasons stated above.
▪ state at the outset▪Let me state at the outset that this report contains little that is new.
▪ state for the record▪Let me state for the record that my knowledge of wine is almost non-existent.
▪ state the obvious▪At the risk of stating the obvious, people who have not paid cannot be admitted.
▪ unless otherwise stated, unless stated otherwise▪All the photographs in this book, unless otherwise stated, date from the 1950s.
State is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑act, ↑advert, ↑advertisement, ↑article, ↑counsel, ↑document, ↑email, ↑guideline, ↑letter, ↑message, ↑participant, ↑report, ↑resolution, ↑rule, ↑sign, ↑witnessState is used with these nouns as the object: ↑belief, ↑case, ↑desire, ↑fact, ↑intention, ↑objection, ↑objective, ↑opinion, ↑preference, ↑reason, ↑view{{Roman}}III.{{/Roman}}adj.State is used with these nouns: ↑action, ↑administration, ↑agency, ↑aid, ↑airline, ↑apartment, ↑apparatus, ↑archive, ↑assembly, ↑asset, ↑association, ↑banquet, ↑benefit, ↑boundary, ↑budget, ↑bureaucracy, ↑bureaucrat, ↑capital, ↑capitalism, ↑censorship, ↑census, ↑champion, ↑championship, ↑charter, ↑college, ↑commission, ↑commissioner, ↑constitution, ↑control, ↑convention, ↑council, ↑custody, ↑delegation, ↑department, ↑dinner, ↑education, ↑election, ↑emergency, ↑employee, ↑enterprise, ↑execution, ↑expenditure, ↑facility, ↑fair, ↑farm, ↑federation, ↑final, ↑finance, ↑fund, ↑funding, ↑funeral, ↑government, ↑governor, ↑grant, ↑guideline, ↑handout, ↑hospital, ↑inmate, ↑institution, ↑insurance, ↑interference, ↑intervention, ↑investment, ↑land, ↑law, ↑legislation, ↑legislature, ↑library, ↑line, ↑lottery, ↑machine, ↑mandate, ↑militia, ↑monopoly, ↑motto, ↑occasion, ↑office, ↑official, ↑opening, ↑organization, ↑ownership, ↑park, ↑parliament, ↑pension, ↑police, ↑premier, ↑propaganda, ↑prosecutor, ↑provision, ↑radio, ↑railway, ↑recognition, ↑regulation, ↑religion, ↑representative, ↑repression, ↑restriction, ↑revenue, ↑school, ↑secret, ↑secretary, ↑sector, ↑security, ↑senator, ↑socialism, ↑sovereignty, ↑spending, ↑sponsor, ↑sponsorship, ↑standard, ↑statute, ↑steward, ↑subsidy, ↑support, ↑system, ↑tax, ↑taxation, ↑television, ↑terror, ↑terrorism, ↑transportation, ↑treasurer, ↑trial, ↑university, ↑veterinarian, ↑visit, ↑voter, ↑welfare, ↑witness
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
