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 o
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ccupying a definite territory; nation. | | 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. | | 2
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1. | 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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Government Definition–noun | 1. | the political direction and control exercised over the actions of the members, citizens, or inhabitants of communities, societies, and states; direction of the affairs of a state, community, etc.; political administration: Government is necessary to the existence of civilized society. | | 2. | the form or system of rule by which a state, community, etc., is governed: monarchical government; episcopal government. | | 3. | the governing body of persons in a state, community, etc.; administration. | | 4. | a branch or service of the supreme authority of a state or nation, taken as representing the whole: a dam built by the government. | | 5. | (in some parliamentary systems, as that of the United Kingdom) | a. | the particular group of persons forming the cabinet at any given time: The Prime Minister has formed a new government. | | b. | the parliament along with the cabinet: The government has fallen. | | | 6. | direction; control; management; rule: the government of one's conduct. | | 7. | a district governed; province. | | 9. | Grammar. the extablished usage that requires that one word in a sentence should cause another to be of a particular form: the government of the verb by its subject. | |
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Job Definition–noun | 1. | a piece of work, esp. a specific task done as part of the routine of one's occupation or for an agreed price: She gave him the job of mowing the lawn. | | 2. | a post of employment; full-time or part-time position: She was seeking a job as an editor. | | 3. | anything a person is expected or obliged to do; duty; responsibility: It is your job to be on time. | | 4. | an affair, matter, occurrence, or state of affairs: to make the best of a bad job. | | 5. | the material, project, assignment, etc., being worked upon: The housing project was a long and costly job. | | 6. | the process or requirements, details, etc., of working: It was a tedious job. | | 7. | the execution or performance of a task: She did a good job. | | 8. | Slang. a theft or similar criminal action: The police caught the gang that pulled that bank job. | | 9. | a public or official act or decision carried through for the sake of improper private gain. | | 10. | Slang. an example of a specific or distinctive type: That little six-cylinder job was the best car I ever owned. | | 11. | Computers. a unit of work for a computer, generally comprising an application program or group of related programs and the data, linkages, and instructions to the operating system needed for running the programs. | –verb (used without object) | 12. | to work at jobs or odd pieces of work; work by the piece. | | 13. | to do business as a jobber. | | 14. | to turn public business, planning, etc., improperly to private gain. | –verb (used with object) | 15. | to assign or give (work, a contract for work, etc.) in separate portions, as among different contractors or workers (often fol. by out): He jobbed out the contract to a number of small outfits. | | 16. | to buy in large quantities, as from wholesalers or manufacturers, and sell to dealers in smaller quantities: He jobs shoes in Ohio and Indiana. | | 17. | to get rid of or dispose of: His party jobbed him when he sought a second term in office. | | 18. | to swindle or trick (someone): They jobbed him out of his property. | | 19. | to carry on (public or official business) for improper private gain. | –adjective | 20. | of or for a particular job or transaction
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. | | 21. | bought, sold, or handled together: He's too big a customer to buy in less than job quantities. | —Idioms | 22. | do a job on, Slang. | a. | to destroy, defeat, damage, or confound thoroughly: The thugs did a job on him—he'll be in the hospital for a month. | | b. | to deceive, persuade, or charm glibly; snow. | | | 23. | on the job, alert; observant: The cops were on the job and caught them red-handed. | |
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