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United Definition–adjective | 1. | made into or caused to act as a single entity: a united front. | | 2. | formed or produced by the uniting of things or persons: a united effort. | |
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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. | | 8. | the territory, or one of the territories, of a government. | | 9. | (sometimes initial capital
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he 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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Patent Definition–noun | 1. | the exclusive right granted by a government to an inventor to manufacture, use, or sell an invention for a certain number of years. | | 2. | an invention or process protected by this right. | | 3. | an official document conferring such a right; letters patent. | | 4. | the instrument by which the government of the United States conveys the legal fee-simple title to public land. | –adjective patent (for 10, 12–15.) | 6. | protected by a patent; patented: a patent cooling device. | | 7. | pertaining to, concerned with, or dealing with patents, esp. on inventions: a patent attorney; patent law. | | 8. | conferred by a patent, as a right or privilege. | | 9. | holding a patent, as a person. | | 10. | readily open to notice or observation; evident; obvious: a patent breach of good manners. | | 11. | made of patent leather: patent shoes. | | 12. | lying open; not enclosed or shut in: a patent field. | | 13. | Chiefly Botany. expanded or spreading. | | 14. | open, as a doorway or a passage. | | 15. | Phonetics. open, in various degrees, to the passage of the breath stream. | –verb (used with object) | 16. | to take out a patent on; obtain the exclusive rights to (an invention, process, etc.) by a patent. | | 17. | to originate and establish as one's own. | | 18. | Metallurgy. to heat and quench (wire) so as to prepare for cold-drawing. | | 19. | to grant (public land) by a patent. | |
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And Definition–conjunction | 1. | (used to connect grammatically coordinate words, phrases, or clauses) along or together with; as well as; in addition to; besides; also; moreover: pens and pencils. | | 2. | added to; plus: 2 and 2 are 4. | | 3. | then: He read for an hour and went to bed. | | 4. | also, at the same time: to sleep and dream. | | 5. | then again; repeatedly: He coughed and coughed. | | 6. | (used to imply different qualities in things having the same name): There are bargains and bargains, so watch out. | | 7. | (used to introduce a sentence, implying continuation) also; t
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hen: And then it happened. | | 8. | Informal. to (used between two finite verbs): Try and do it. Call and see if she's home yet. | | 9. | (used to introduce a consequence or conditional result): He felt sick and decided to lie down for a while. Say one more word about it and I'll scream. | | 10. | but; on the contrary: He tried to run five miles and couldn't. They said they were about to leave and then stayed for two more hours. | | 11. | (used to connect alternatives): He felt that he was being forced to choose between his career and his family. | <
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Trademark Definition–noun | 1. | any name, symbol, figure, letter, word, or mark adopted and used by a manufacturer or merchant in order to designate his or her goods and to distinguish them from those manufactured or sold by others. A trademark is a proprietary term that is usually registered with the Patent and Trademark Office to assure its exclusive use by its owner. | | 2. | a distinctive mark or feature particularly characteristic of or identified with a person or thing. | –verb (used with object) | 3. | to stamp or otherwise place a trademark designation upon. | | 4. | to register the trademark of. | |
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Office Definition–noun | 1. | a room, set of rooms, or building where the business of a commercial or industrial organization or of a professional person is conducted: the main office of an insurance company; a doctor's office. | | 2. | a room assigned to a specific person or a group of persons in a commercial or industrial organization: Her office is next to mine. | | 3. | a business or professional organization: He went to work in an architect's office. | | 4. | the staff or designated part of a staff at a commercial or industrial organization: The whole office was at his wedding. | | 5. | a position of duty, trust, or authority, esp. in the government, a corporation, a society, or the like: She was elected twice to the office of president. | | 6. | employment or position as an official: to seek office. | | 7. | the duty, function, or part of a particular person or agency: to act in the office of adviser. | | 8. | (initial capital letter) an operating agency or division of certain departments of the U.S. Government: Office of Community Services. | | 9. | (initial capital letter) British. a major administrative unit or department of the national governm
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ent: the Foreign Office. | | 10. | Slang. hint, signal, or warning; high sign. | | 11. | Often, offices. something, whether good or bad, done or said for or to another: He obtained a position through the offices of a friend. | | 12. | Ecclesiastical. | a. | the prescribed order or form for a service of the church or for devotional use. | | b. | the services so prescribed. | | c. | Also called divine office. the prayers, readings from Scripture, and psalms that must be recited every day by all who are in major orders. | | | d. | a ceremony or rite, esp. for the dead. | |
| 13. | a service or task to be performed; assignment; chore: little domestic offices. | | 14. | offices, Chiefly British. | a. | the parts of a house, as the kitchen, pantry, or laundry, devoted mainly to household work. | | b. | the stables, barns, cowhouses, etc., of a farm. | | |
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