state

[zone: 1, ipm: 712.17]

Definitions

  • a country considered as an organized political community controlled by one government

Examples

  1. In Abyssinia the head of the State still personally discharges the functions of judge.
  2. The princely states that had managed to retain their Independence were soon brought under the control of the Crown.
  3. The Secretary of State for India represented the Government of India in the UK.
  4. Before unification, German territory was made up of 26 constituent states.
  5. The Head of State, along with the family, is respected by most people of their country, which is a great way to have unity in the nation.

Collocations

  • secretary [score: 10.77, freq: 326] (secretary of state)
  • head [score: 10.41, freq: 420] (head of state)
  • independent [score: 9.95, freq: 355] (independent state)
  • sovereign [score: 9.43, freq: 229] (sovereign state)
  • German [score: 9.32, freq: 394] (German states)
  • prison [score: 9.23, freq: 33] (state prison)
  • council [score: 9.08, freq: 112] (council of state)
  • minister [score: 8.97, freq: 103] (minister of state)
  • free [score: 8.92, freq: 195] (free states)
  • affair [score: 8.82, freq: 68] (state affairs)
  • neighbour [score: 8.67, freq: 53] (neighbouring state)
  • religion [score: 8.6, freq: 41] (state religion)
  • unite [score: 8.4, freq: 59] (united German state)
  • issue [score: 8.22, freq: 29] (issued by the state)
  • paper [score: 8.14, freq: 21] (state papers)
  • Ireland [score: 8.09, freq: 56] (state of Ireland)
  • occasion [score: 8.08, freq: 25] (on state occasions)
  • government [score: 8, freq: 66] (government of state)
  • constituent [score: 7.85, freq: 69] (constituent states)
  • secret [score: 7.85, freq: 13] (state secret)
  • self-govern [score: 7.63, freq: 24] (self-governing state)
  • socialism [score: 7.59, freq: 10] (state socialism)
  • sovereignty [score: 7.56, freq: 13] (state sovereignty)
  • European [score: 7.55, freq: 78] (European states)
  • flag [score: 7.48, freq: 13] (state flag)
  • confederate [score: 7.48, freq: 20] (confederated states)
  • legislature [score: 7.41, freq: 11] (state legislature)
  • Polish [score: 7.4, freq: 54] (Polish states)
  • vassal [score: 7.38, freq: 49] (vassal states)
  • terrorism [score: 7.38, freq: 8] (state terrorism)
  • foreign [score: 7.37, freq: 83] (foreign state)
  • counsellor [score: 7.26, freq: 26] (counsellor of state)
  • department [score: 7.23, freq: 27] (state departments)
  • conquer [score: 7.21, freq: 25] (conquered states)
  • apparatus [score: 7.12, freq: 7] (state apparatus)
  • secede [score: 7.09, freq: 15] (seceding states)
  • federate [score: 7.08, freq: 15] (federated states)
  • divide [score: 6.96, freq: 22] (divided states)
  • authority [score: 6.93, freq: 25] (state authority)
  • exercise [score: 6, freq: 6] (exercised by the state)

Thesaurus

  • government [score: 0.372, freq: 28006]
  • country [score: 0.359, freq: 27816]
  • empire [score: 0.349, freq: 21781]
  • nation [score: 0.342, freq: 15132]
  • power [score: 0.34, freq: 28019]
  • people [score: 0.317, freq: 29977]
  • colony [score: 0.303, freq: 11028]
  • France [score: 0.289, freq: 22227]
  • kingdom [score: 0.289, freq: 7611]
  • province [score: 0.281, freq: 9133]
  • city [score: 0.274, freq: 15013]
  • law [score: 0.27, freq: 16874]
  • system [score: 0.269, freq: 8829]
  • prince [score: 0.268, freq: 12311]
  • army [score: 0.268, freq: 23956]
  • king [score: 0.266, freq: 26488]
  • man [score: 0.265, freq: 43782]
  • part [score: 0.261, freq: 22529]
  • authority [score: 0.256, freq: 11249]
  • condition [score: 0.255, freq: 7346]

Translations

Russian страна (0.044)
штат (0.084)
государство (0.607)
Czech stát (0.759)