plural of state

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of state

(informal, chiefly outside of the US) Short for United States. / (historical, US) Those parts of the United States comprising states rather than territories.

plural of State

(physics) A complete description of a system, consisting of parameters that determine all properties of the system. / (colloquial, in the singular) A mess; disorder.

(transitive) To declare to be a fact. / (transitive) To make known.

(obsolete) Stately.

A current governing polity. / (often with definite article) The current governing polity under which the speaker lives.

State University, as the shortened form of any public university name.

Of people: worthy of respect; dignified, regal. / Of movement: deliberate, unhurried; dignified. / Grand, impressive, imposing.