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State en · NOUN

Etymology

Capitalization of state.

Meanings

  1. A political entity that regulates society and the population within a definite territory.
  2. (often, with-definite-article) The current governing political entity in which the speaker lives.

Forms

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Translations (3)

es Estado (political entity) · pt Estado (political entity) · fr État (political entity)

State en · PROPN

Etymology

Capitalization of state.

Meanings

  1. State University, as the shortened form of a public university name.
    • The Pack’s average seed in the mountain of NCAA tourney predictions out there is 10, and even the most optimistic takes on State’s situation have the team as an eight-seed. 2019 February 25, Steven Muma, “NCAA tournament position stays tenuous as NC State does the bare minimum”, in Backing the Pack:
    • State begins fouling and UCLA misses a couple of front-end free throws on one-and-ones. 2009, Brandon Lang, Stanley Cohen, Beating the Odds: The Rise, Fall, and Resurrection of a Sports Handicapper, →ISBN:

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