the way something is with respect to its main attributes | to have the ability to produce a particular effect or achieve an end |
a politically organized body of people under a single government | an administrative unit of government |
the group of people comprising the government of a sovereign state | a business or organization that provides a particular service, especially the mediation of transactions between two parties |
the territory occupied by a nation | the state of serving as an official and authorized delegate or agent |
the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation | the state of being in action or exerting power |
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) | |