to have the ability to produce a particular effect or achieve an end | the way something is with respect to its main attributes |
an administrative unit of government | a politically organized body of people under a single government |
a business or organization that provides a particular service, especially the mediation of transactions between two parties | the group of people comprising the government of a sovereign state |
the state of serving as an official and authorized delegate or agent | the territory occupied by a nation |
the state of being in action or exerting power | the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation |
| a state of depression or agitation |
| (chemistry) the three traditional states of matter are solids (fixed shape and volume) and liquids (fixed volume and shaped by the container) and gases (filling the container) |