Ohio Definition–noun | 1. | a state in the NE central United States: a part of the Midwest. 10,797,419; 41,222 sq. mi. (106,765 sq. km). Capital: Columbus. Abbreviation: OH (for use with zip code), O. | | 2. | a river formed by the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers, flowing SW from Pittsburgh, Pa., to the Mississippi in S Illinois. 981 mi. (1580 km) long. | |
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State Definition–noun | 1. | the condition of a person or thing, as with respect to circumstances or attributes: a state of health. | | 2. | the condition of matter with respect to structure, form, constitution, phase, or the like: water in a gaseous state. | | 3. | status, rank, or position in life; station: He dresses in a manner befitting his state. | | 4. | the style of living befitting a person of wealth and high rank: to travel in state. | | 5. | a particular condition of mind or feeling: to be in an excited state. | | 6. | an abnormally tense, nervous, or perturbed condition: He's been in a state since hearing about his brother's death. | | 7. | a politically unified people occupying a definite territory; nation. |
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| 8. | the territory, or one of the territories, of a government. | | 9. | (sometimes initial capital letter ) any of the bodies politic which together make up a federal union, as in the United States of America. | | 10. | the body politic as organized for civil rule and government (distinguished from church ). | | 11. | the operations or activities of a central civil government: affairs of state. | | 12. | (initial capital letter) Also called State Department. Informal. the Department of State. | | 13. | Printing. a set of copies of an edition of a publication which differ from others of the same printing because of additions, corrections, or transpositions made during printing or at any time before publication. | | 14. | the States, Informal. the United States (usually used outside its borders): After a year's study in Spain, he returned to the States. | –adjective | 15. | of or pertaining to the central civil government or authority. | | 16. | made, maintained, or chartered by or under the authority of one of the commonwealths that make up a federal union: a state highway; a state bank. | | 17. | characterized by, attended with, or involving ceremony: a state dinner. | | 18. | used on or reserved for occasions of ceremony. | –verb (used with object) | 19. | to declare definitely or specifically: She stated her position on the case. | | 20. | to set forth formally in speech or writing: to state a hypothesis. | | 21. | to set forth in proper or definite form: to state a problem. | | 23. | to fix or settle, as by authority. | —Idiom | 24. | lie in state, (of a corpse) to be exhibited publicly with honors before burial: The president's body lay in state for two days. | |
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