Meaning

2 senses
  1. (transitive)To declare to be a fact.

    He stated that he was willing to help.

    erklären

    утвержда́тьutverždátʹ, утверди́тьutverdítʹ, заявля́тьzajavljátʹ

    заявля́тиzajavljáty, заяви́тиzajavýty, стве́рджуватиstvérdžuvaty

  2. (transitive)To make known.

    State your intentions.

    darlegen, nennen

    объявля́тьobʺjavljátʹ, объяви́тьobʺjavítʹ, излага́тьizlagátʹ

More definitions
  • express in words
  • put before
  • indicate through a symbol, formula, etc.

Examples

2489 sentences
  1. Tom is still in a state of shock.

    Том все ще в шоковому стані. — deniko

  2. I'm just stating the obvious.

    Я просто стверджую те, що очевидне. — deniko

    ruЯ просто высказываю очевидное. — Ooneykcall

    deIch spreche nur das Offensichtliche aus. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. You're just stating the obvious.

    Ти просто констатуєш очевидне. — deniko

    ruВы просто констатируете очевидное. — odexed

  4. There are fifty states in America.

    ruВ Америке пятьдесят штатов. — marafon

    deIn Amerika gibt es fünfzig Staaten. — Hans_Adler

  5. I'm in a state of shock.

    ruЯ в состоянии шока. — marafon

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
declare to be a fact — see also assert, declare, affirm:
Русский
By meaning 2
declare to be a fact — see also assert, declare, affirm:
make known — see also declare, indicate, enunciate:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
declare to be a fact — see also assert, declare, affirm:
make known — see also declare, indicate, enunciate:

Origin

From Middle English stat (as a noun); adopted c. 1200 from both Old French estat and Latin

From Middle English stat (as a noun); adopted c. 1200 from both Old French estat and Latin stātus (“manner of standing, attitude, position, carriage, manner, dress, apparel; and other senses”), from stāre (“to stand”). Doublet of estate and status. The sense of "polity" develops in the 14th century. Compare French être, Greek στέω (stéo), Italian stare, Portuguese estar, Romanian sta, and Spanish estar. The verb is first attested around the beginning of the 16th century. Related to English stand. Displaced native Old English hād (“state, condition”).

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Forms

states, stating, stated, stated
Base formstate · to state
3rd person singularstates
Present participlestating
Past simplestated
Past participlestated

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theystate
he, she, itstates

Past simpleLesson

all personsstated

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave stated
he, she, ithas stated

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill state

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

10 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • the united states
  • united states
  • stating the obvious
  • a state of
  • in a state
  • state of shock
  • united states is
  • was merely stating
  • merely stating
  • just stating the
  • state has the
  • to the states

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
state — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto