State

How it is used

Used in political science (the modern state, the role of the state) and in news (state institutions, state-owned companies, head of state). In federal countries such as the United States, a state is also one of the regions with its own government.

Example sentences

1. In this course we examine how the role of the state changed after the Second World War.

2. The report calls for closer cooperation between state institutions and local councils.

Common collocations

• head of state
• state institutions
• nation state
• state-owned
• the role of the state

Related terms

• governmentThe group of people who run a country at a given time, led by a prime minister or president; more broadly, the system and institutions through which a state is governed.
• sovereigntyThe highest authority of a state to govern itself and make its own laws without outside control; also the idea of where final political authority lies, for example with the people.
• federalismA system in which power is divided between a central government and regional governments, such as states or provinces, each with its own responsibilities.
• republicA state in which power is held by the people and their elected representatives, and the head of state is not a king or queen but usually an elected president.
• citizenA person who legally belongs to a country, has the rights it gives, such as voting, and has duties towards it, such as obeying its laws.

This word in other fields

The same English word can have a different meaning in another field:

• state · Software Engineering
• state · Web Development

More terms: Political Systems

• politics
• democracy
• monarchy
• parliamentary system
• presidential system
• authoritarian