the way something is with respect to its main attributes | a characteristic emotional quality |
a politically organized body of people under a single government | a brief written record |
the group of people comprising the government of a sovereign state | a comment or instruction (usually added) |
the territory occupied by a nation | a short personal letter |
the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation | a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound |
a state of depression or agitation | a tone of voice that shows what the speaker is feeling |
(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) | a promise to pay a specified amount on demand or at a certain time |
| a piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank) |
| high status importance owing to marked superiority |