(derogatory) A state whose government institutions are authoritative and over-paternalistic, interfering with and controlling people's lives.

The capital city of a state (national subdivision).

Written law, as laid down by the legislature.

An alliance and confederation of nine former Soviet republics: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan formed as a successor to the Soviet Union.

(uncountable) The craft of making statues. / (countable) A person who makes or deals in statues. / Statues considered collectively.

A person who compiles, interprets, or studies statistics. / (mathematics) A mathematician with a specialty of statistics.

(UK, Australia, New Zealand) a filling station, gas station or petrol station; a facility selling fuel for road motor vehicles / a service area

(chiefly Canada, US) A vague, feel-good platitude, especially one made by a politician, that few people would be able to disagree with.

(chemistry) the state of an atom having a particular oxidation number

plural of state