Phrase Hound found 777 phrases and 126 compound words that contain state. The most common are listed below. Open state in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 777
- head of stateThe chief public representative of a nation having duties, privileges and responsibilities varying greatly depending on the constitutional rules; a monarch in a monarchy, and often styled president in a republic, but variations such as …
- state of mindThe psychological state of someone's cognitive processes at a certain time; the condition or character of a person's thoughts or feelings.
- city stateA sovereign city, as in Ancient Greece, often part of a league of such cities.
- state of emergencyAn unusually difficult or dangerous situation in which a government gives itself special powers or suspends normal legal procedures so as to regain control.
- state-of-the-artAlternative form of state of the art.
- welfare stateA national level social system of a sovereign country operated by its central government for the citizens' welfare overall responsibility, providing health care, education, unemployment benefits and social security.
- state of warA state of armed conflict between states, irrespective of a declaration of war.
- Secretary of StateAny of several senior government positions whose function varies from nation to nation.
- change of stateAny change of a substance from one physical state (solid, liquid or gas) to another.
- solid stateAlternative form of solid-state.
- state of natureThe way that people lived before there was any organized society.
- police stateA political entity, usually a state, whose government exercises strict and repressive control of its people.
- member stateA sovereign state which is a member of an international organisation or some kind of confederation of other such states.
- state of affairsA specific situation; a set of circumstances.
- state of matterAny of the different phases of matter whose properties are dependent on the motions and forces of the molecules of which they are composed.
- state lawA legislation enacted by a state government, particularly in federal systems such as the United States.
- State of the UnionThe State of the Union address, an annual event in which a president of the United States reports the status of the country, normally to a joint session of the United States Congress.
- State of New YorkA state of the United States of America and former colony.
- nation-stateA political entity (a state) associated with a common national identity (historically, culturally, or ethnically; as with a nation) and a sovereign territorial unit.
- ground stateThe stationary state of lowest energy of a particle or system of particles.
- free stateA political entity whose political status is less than that of a fully sovereign nation-state, as with the former Congo Free State and the former Irish Free State.
- state visitA formal visit by a head of state or a cabinet minister to another nation.
- out-of-stateOf, pertaining to, or originating in another state
- steady-stateCharacteristic of a steady state
- minister of state
Compound words 126
- interstateOf, or relating to two or more states.
- statesmanA man who is a leader in national or international affairs.
- statelyWorthy of respect; dignified, regal.
- statefulThat supports different states, reacting to the same input differently depending on the current state.
- stateroomAn apartment in a palace or great house for use on ceremonial occasions.
- staterA gold, silver or electrum coin of ancient Greece.
- statismSynonym of secularism: subservience of religious issues to political officials and expediency.
- downstateThe southern region of certain US states, particularly Michigan, New York, and Illinois.
- statehouseAlternative spelling of state house: A state legislature (of one of the fifty United States), or government generally.
- statechartA diagram of the state(s) of a system.