| demand | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. demand | an urgent or peremptory request.; "his demands for attention were unceasing" |
| ~ petition, request, postulation | a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority. |
| ~ challenge | a demand by a sentry for a password or identification. |
| ~ ultimatum | a final peremptory demand. |
| ~ insistence, insisting | continual and persistent demands. |
| ~ call, claim | a demand especially in the phrase.; "the call of duty" |
| ~ requisition | the act of requiring; an authoritative request or demand, especially by a military or public authority that takes something over (usually temporarily) for military or public use. |
| ~ call | a demand for a show of hands in a card game.; "after two raises there was a call" |
| ~ margin call, call | a demand by a broker that a customer deposit enough to bring his margin up to the minimum requirement. |
| ~ pay claim, wage claim | the wage demanded from management for workers by their union representatives. |
| n. (process) | 2. demand | the ability and desire to purchase goods and services.; "the automobile reduced the demand for buggywhips"; "the demand exceeded the supply" |
| ~ economic consumption, use of goods and services, usance, consumption, use | (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing.; "the consumption of energy has increased steadily" |
| ~ economic process | any process affecting the production and development and management of material wealth. |
| n. (cognition) | 3. demand, requirement | required activity.; "the requirements of his work affected his health"; "there were many demands on his time" |
| ~ duty, obligation, responsibility | the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force.; "we must instill a sense of duty in our children"; "every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity, an obligation; every possession, a duty" |
| n. (act) | 4. demand | the act of demanding.; "the kidnapper's exorbitant demands for money" |
| ~ activity | any specific behavior.; "they avoided all recreational activity" |
| ~ exaction | act of demanding or levying by force or authority.; "exaction of tribute"; "exaction of various dues and fees" |
| ~ claim | demand for something as rightful or due.; "they struck in support of their claim for a shorter work day" |
| n. (state) | 5. demand, need | a condition requiring relief.; "she satisfied his need for affection"; "God has no need of men to accomplish His work"; "there is a demand for jobs" |
| ~ condition, status | a state at a particular time.; "a condition (or state) of disrepair"; "the current status of the arms negotiations" |
| ~ deficiency, lack, want | the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable.; "there is a serious lack of insight into the problem"; "water is the critical deficiency in desert regions"; "for want of a nail the shoe was lost" |
| ~ necessity | the condition of being essential or indispensable. |
| v. (communication) | 6. demand | request urgently and forcefully.; "The victim's family is demanding compensation"; "The boss demanded that he be fired immediately"; "She demanded to see the manager" |
| ~ want | wish or demand the presence of.; "I want you here at noon!" |
| ~ call for, request, bespeak, quest | express the need or desire for; ask for.; "She requested an extra bed in her room"; "She called for room service" |
| ~ expect, require, ask | consider obligatory; request and expect.; "We require our secretary to be on time"; "Aren't we asking too much of these children?"; "I expect my students to arrive in time for their lessons" |
| ~ clamor, clamour | make loud demands.; "he clamored for justice and tolerance" |
| ~ dun | persistently ask for overdue payment.; "The grocer dunned his customers every day by telephone" |
| ~ ask | require or ask for as a price or condition.; "He is asking $200 for the table"; "The kidnappers are asking a million dollars in return for the release of their hostage" |
| v. (stative) | 7. ask, call for, demand, involve, necessitate, need, postulate, require, take | require as useful, just, or proper.; "It takes nerve to do what she did"; "success usually requires hard work"; "This job asks a lot of patience and skill"; "This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice"; "This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert"; "This intervention does not postulate a patient's consent" |
| ~ exact, claim, take | take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs.; "the accident claimed three lives"; "The hard work took its toll on her" |
| ~ exact, claim, take | take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs.; "the accident claimed three lives"; "The hard work took its toll on her" |
| ~ govern | require to be in a certain grammatical case, voice, or mood.; "most transitive verbs govern the accusative case in German" |
| ~ draw | require a specified depth for floating.; "This boat draws 70 inches" |
| ~ cost | require to lose, suffer, or sacrifice.; "This mistake cost him his job" |
| ~ cry for, cry out for | need badly or desperately.; "This question cries out for an answer" |
| ~ compel | necessitate or exact.; "the water shortage compels conservation" |
| v. (communication) | 8. demand, exact | claim as due or just.; "The bank demanded payment of the loan" |
| ~ command | demand as one's due.; "This speaker commands a high fee"; "The author commands a fair hearing from his readers" |
| ~ claim | ask for legally or make a legal claim to, as of debts, for example.; "They claimed on the maximum allowable amount" |
| ~ call in, call | demand payment of (a loan).; "Call a loan" |
| v. (communication) | 9. demand | lay legal claim to. |
| ~ claim | ask for legally or make a legal claim to, as of debts, for example.; "They claimed on the maximum allowable amount" |
| ~ demand | summon to court. |
| v. (communication) | 10. demand | summon to court. |
| ~ summon, summons, cite | call in an official matter, such as to attend court. |
| ~ demand | lay legal claim to. |
| v. (communication) | 11. demand | ask to be informed of.; "I demand an explanation" |
| ~ call for, request, bespeak, quest | express the need or desire for; ask for.; "She requested an extra bed in her room"; "She called for room service" |
| specify | | |
| v. (communication) | 1. condition, qualify, specify, stipulate | specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement.; "The will stipulates that she can live in the house for the rest of her life"; "The contract stipulates the dates of the payments" |
| ~ contract, undertake | enter into a contractual arrangement. |
| ~ stipulate | give a guarantee or promise of.; "They stipulated to release all the prisoners" |
| ~ provide | determine (what is to happen in certain contingencies), especially by including a proviso condition or stipulation.; "The will provides that each child should receive half of the money"; "The Constitution provides for the right to free speech" |
| v. (communication) | 2. define, determine, fix, limit, set, specify | decide upon or fix definitely.; "fix the variables"; "specify the parameters" |
| ~ quantify | use as a quantifier. |
| ~ choose, pick out, select, take | pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives.; "Take any one of these cards"; "Choose a good husband for your daughter"; "She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her" |
| ~ name | mention and identify by name.; "name your accomplices!" |
| ~ reset | set anew.; "They re-set the date on the clock" |
| ~ define | give a definition for the meaning of a word.; "Define `sadness'" |
| v. (stative) | 3. define, delimit, delimitate, delineate, specify | determine the essential quality of. |
| ~ determine | fix in scope; fix the boundaries of.; "the tree determines the border of the property" |
| ~ be | have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun).; "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" |
| ~ redefine | give a new or different definition to.; "She redefined his duties" |
| v. (communication) | 4. particularise, particularize, specialise, specialize, specify | be specific about.; "Could you please specify your criticism of my paper?" |
| ~ elaborate, expatiate, expound, lucubrate, dilate, exposit, flesh out, enlarge, expand | add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing.; "She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation" |
| ~ spell out | make explicit; specify in detail.; "You should spell out your demands" |
| v. (cognition) | 5. nail down, narrow, narrow down, peg down, pin down, specify | define clearly.; "I cannot narrow down the rules for this game" |
| ~ determine | fix in scope; fix the boundaries of.; "the tree determines the border of the property" |
| ~ concretize | make something concrete. |
| v. (cognition) | 6. designate, destine, intend, specify | design or destine.; "She was intended to become the director" |
| ~ plan | make plans for something.; "He is planning a trip with his family" |
| ~ mean | destine or designate for a certain purpose.; "These flowers were meant for you" |
| ~ design | plan something for a specific role or purpose or effect.; "This room is not designed for work" |
| ~ slate | designate or schedule.; "He slated his talk for 9 AM"; "She was slated to be his successor" |
| ~ aim, calculate, direct | specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public. |
| v. (cognition) | 7. assign, set apart, specify | select something or someone for a specific purpose.; "The teacher assigned him to lead his classmates in the exercise" |
| ~ choose, pick out, select, take | pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives.; "Take any one of these cards"; "Choose a good husband for your daughter"; "She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her" |
| ~ dedicate | set apart to sacred uses with solemn rites, of a church. |
| ~ detail | assign to a specific task.; "The ambulances were detailed to the fire station" |
| state | | |
| n. (location) | 1. province, state | the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation.; "his state is in the deep south" |
| ~ administrative district, administrative division, territorial division | a district defined for administrative purposes. |
| ~ commonwealth | the official name of some states in the United States (Massachusetts and Pennsylvania and Virginia and Kentucky) and associated territories (Puerto Rico). |
| ~ country, land, state | the territory occupied by a nation.; "he returned to the land of his birth"; "he visited several European countries" |
| ~ eparchy | a province in ancient Greece. |
| ~ american state | one of the 50 states of the United States. |
| ~ guangdong, guangdong province, kwangtung | a province in southern China. |
| ~ gansu, gansu province, kansu | a province in north-central China; formerly part of the Silk Road to Turkistan and India and Persia. |
| ~ hebei, hebei province, hopeh, hopei | a populous province in northeastern China. |
| ~ hunan, hunan province | a province in southeastern central China between the Nan Ling mountains and the Chang Jiang; noted for its timber and valuable mineral resources. |
| ~ sichuan, szechuan, szechwan, szechwan province | a populous province of south central China. |
| ~ yunnan, yunnan province | a province of southern China. |
| ~ sinkiang, xinjiang, xinjiang uighur autonomous region | an autonomous province in far northwestern China on the border with Mongolia and Kazakhstan; the largest province in the People's Republic of China and the homeland of the Uighur people. |
| ~ inner mongolia, nei monggol | an autonomous region of northeastern China that was annexed by the Manchu rulers in 1635 and became an integral part of China in 1911. |
| ~ yucatan | a state of Mexico on the northern part of the Yucatan Peninsula. |
| ~ campeche | a Mexican state on the eastern part of the Gulf of Campeche. |
| ~ chihuahua | a state in northern Mexico; mostly high plateau. |
| ~ coahuila | a state in northern Mexico; mostly high plateau. |
| ~ quintana roo | a Mexican state on the eastern side of the Yucatan Peninsula. |
| ~ tabasco | a Mexican state on the Gulf of Campeche. |
| ~ lower saxony | a state in northwestern Germany. |
| ~ bavaria | a state in southern Germany famous for its beer; site of an automobile factory. |
| ~ italian region | Italy is divided into 20 regions for administrative purposes. |
| ~ kosovo | a Serbian province in southern Serbia and Montenegro populated predominantly by Albanians. |
| ~ bosnia | the northern part of Bosnia-Herzegovina. |
| ~ canadian province | Canada is divided into 12 provinces for administrative purposes. |
| ~ australian state | one of the several states constituting Australia. |
| ~ tirol, tyrol | a picturesque mountainous province of western Austria and northern Italy. |
| ~ assam | state in northeastern India. |
| ~ karnataka, mysore | state in southern India; formerly Mysore. |
| ~ manipur | state in northeastern India. |
| ~ andhra pradesh | a state of southeastern India on the Bay of Bengal. |
| ~ bihar | a state of northeastern India. |
| ~ goa | a state of southwestern India; a former Portuguese colony. |
| ~ gujarat, gujerat | an industrialized state in western India that includes parts of Bombay. |
| ~ madras, tamil nadu | a state in southeastern India on the Bay of Bengal (south of Andhra Pradesh); formerly Madras. |
| ~ uttar pradesh | a state in northern India. |
| ~ orissa | state in eastern India on the Bay of Bengal. |
| ~ west bengal | a state in eastern India. |
| ~ indonesian borneo, kalimantan | the part of Indonesia on the southern side of the island of Borneo. |
| ~ friesland | one of the northernmost provinces of the Netherlands. |
| ~ orange free state, free state | a province in central South Africa that was colonized by the Boers; named Free State in 1997. |
| ~ transvaal | a province of northeastern South Africa originally inhabited by Africans who spoke Bantu; colonized by the Boers. |
| ~ cape colony, cape of good hope province, cape province | a former province of southern South Africa that was settled by the Dutch in 1652 and ceded to Great Britain in 1814; in 1994 it was split into three new provinces of South Africa. |
| ~ cape of good hope | a province of western South Africa. |
| ~ soviet socialist republic | one of the states that formerly made up the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922-1991). |
| ~ abkhazia, abkhaz | an autonomous province of Georgia on the Black Sea; a strong independence movement has resulted in much instability. |
| ~ adzhar, adzharia | an autonomous province of Georgia on the Black Sea. |
| ~ buganda | a state of Uganda and site of a former Bantu kingdom. |
| n. (tops) | 2. state | the way something is with respect to its main attributes.; "the current state of knowledge"; "his state of health"; "in a weak financial state" |
| ~ attribute | an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity. |
| ~ feeling | the experiencing of affective and emotional states.; "she had a feeling of euphoria"; "he had terrible feelings of guilt"; "I disliked him and the feeling was mutual" |
| ~ skillfulness | the state of being cognitively skillful. |
| ~ cleavage | the state of being split or cleft.; "there was a cleavage between the liberal and conservative members" |
| ~ medium | a state that is intermediate between extremes; a middle position.; "a happy medium" |
| ~ ornamentation | the state of being ornamented. |
| ~ condition | a mode of being or form of existence of a person or thing.; "the human condition" |
| ~ condition, status | a state at a particular time.; "a condition (or state) of disrepair"; "the current status of the arms negotiations" |
| ~ conditionality | the state of being conditional. |
| ~ ground state | (physics) the lowest energy state of an atom or other particle. |
| ~ nationhood | the state of being a nation. |
| ~ situation, state of affairs | the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time.; "the present international situation is dangerous"; "wondered how such a state of affairs had come about"; "eternal truths will be neither true nor eternal unless they have fresh meaning for every new social situation" |
| ~ relationship | a state of connectedness between people (especially an emotional connection).; "he didn't want his wife to know of the relationship" |
| ~ relationship | a state involving mutual dealings between people or parties or countries. |
| ~ tribalism | the state of living together in tribes. |
| ~ utopia | ideally perfect state; especially in its social and political and moral aspects. |
| ~ dystopia | state in which the conditions of life are extremely bad as from deprivation or oppression or terror. |
| ~ natural state, state of nature, wild | a wild primitive state untouched by civilization.; "he lived in the wild"; "they collected mushrooms in the wild" |
| ~ isomerism | the state of being an isomer; the complex of chemical and physical phenomena characteristic of isomers. |
| ~ degree, stage, level, point | a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process.; "a remarkable degree of frankness"; "at what stage are the social sciences?" |
| ~ office, power | (of a government or government official) holding an office means being in power.; "being in office already gives a candidate a great advantage"; "during his first year in office"; "during his first year in power"; "the power of the president" |
| ~ status, position | the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society.; "he had the status of a minor"; "the novel attained the status of a classic"; "atheists do not enjoy a favorable position in American life" |
| ~ being, beingness, existence | the state or fact of existing.; "a point of view gradually coming into being"; "laws in existence for centuries" |
| ~ nonbeing | the state of not being. |
| ~ death | the absence of life or state of being dead.; "he seemed more content in death than he had ever been in life" |
| ~ employ, employment | the state of being employed or having a job.; "they are looking for employment"; "he was in the employ of the city" |
| ~ unemployment | the state of being unemployed or not having a job.; "unemployment is a serious social evil"; "the rate of unemployment is an indicator of the health of an economy" |
| ~ order | established customary state (especially of society).; "order ruled in the streets"; "law and order" |
| ~ disorder | a disturbance of the peace or of public order. |
| ~ antagonism, enmity, hostility | a state of deep-seated ill-will. |
| ~ conflict | a state of opposition between persons or ideas or interests.; "his conflict of interest made him ineligible for the post"; "a conflict of loyalties" |
| ~ illumination | the degree of visibility of your environment. |
| ~ freedom | the condition of being free; the power to act or speak or think without externally imposed restraints. |
| ~ delegacy, agency, representation | the state of serving as an official and authorized delegate or agent. |
| ~ dependence, dependency, dependance | the state of relying on or being controlled by someone or something else. |
| ~ motion | a state of change.; "they were in a state of steady motion" |
| ~ lifelessness, motionlessness, stillness | a state of no motion or movement.; "the utter motionlessness of a marble statue" |
| ~ dead letter, non-issue | the state of something that has outlived its relevance. |
| ~ activeness, action, activity | the state of being active.; "his sphere of activity"; "he is out of action" |
| ~ inaction, inactiveness, inactivity | the state of being inactive. |
| ~ temporary state | a state that continues for a limited time. |
| ~ forthcomingness, imminence, imminency, imminentness, impendence, impendency | the state of being imminent and liable to happen soon. |
| ~ preparedness, readiness, preparation | the state of having been made ready or prepared for use or action (especially military action).; "putting them in readiness"; "their preparation was more than adequate" |
| ~ state of flux, flux | a state of uncertainty about what should be done (usually following some important event) preceding the establishment of a new direction of action.; "the flux following the death of the emperor" |
| ~ kalemia | the presence of excess potassium in the circulating blood. |
| ~ enlargement | the state of being enlarged. |
| ~ separation | the state of lacking unity. |
| ~ unification, union | the state of being joined or united or linked.; "there is strength in union" |
| ~ matureness, maturity | state of being mature; full development. |
| ~ immatureness, immaturity | not having reached maturity. |
| ~ grace, saving grace, state of grace | (Christian theology) a state of sanctification by God; the state of one who is under such divine influence.; "the conception of grace developed alongside the conception of sin"; "it was debated whether saving grace could be obtained outside the membership of the church"; "the Virgin lived in a state of grace" |
| ~ eternal damnation, damnation | the state of being condemned to eternal punishment in Hell. |
| ~ omniscience | the state of being omniscient; having infinite knowledge. |
| ~ omnipotence | the state of being omnipotent; having unlimited power. |
| ~ flawlessness, ne plus ultra, perfection | the state of being without a flaw or defect. |
| ~ integrity, unity, wholeness | an undivided or unbroken completeness or totality with nothing wanting.; "the integrity of the nervous system is required for normal development"; "he took measures to insure the territorial unity of Croatia" |
| ~ imperfection, imperfectness | the state or an instance of being imperfect. |
| ~ receivership | the state of property that is in the hands of a receiver.; "the business is in receivership" |
| ~ ownership | the state or fact of being an owner. |
| ~ obligation | the state of being obligated to do or pay something.; "he is under an obligation to finish the job" |
| ~ destruction, end, death | a final state.; "he came to a bad end"; "the so-called glorious experiment came to an inglorious end" |
| ~ annulment, revocation | the state of being cancelled or annulled. |
| ~ merchantability | the state of being fit for market; ready to be bought or sold. |
| ~ turgor | (biology) the normal rigid state of fullness of a cell or blood vessel or capillary resulting from pressure of the contents against the wall or membrane. |
| ~ homozygosity | the state of being homozygous; having two identical alleles of the same gene. |
| ~ heterozygosity | the state of being heterozygous; having two different alleles of the same gene. |
| ~ neotony | the state resulting when juvenile characteristics are retained by the adults of a species. |
| ~ plurality | the state of being plural.; "to mark plurality, one language may add an extra syllable to the word whereas another may simply change the vowel in the existing final syllable" |
| ~ polyvalence, polyvalency | (toxicology) the state of being capable of counteracting more than one toxin or antigen or kind of microorganism. |
| ~ multivalence, multivalency, polyvalence, polyvalency | (chemistry) the state of having a valence greater than two. |
| ~ paternity | the state of being a father.; "tests were conducted to determine paternity" |
| ~ utilization | the state of having been made use of.; "the rate of utilization" |
| n. (group) | 3. state | the group of people comprising the government of a sovereign state.; "the state has lowered its income tax" |
| ~ authorities, government, regime | the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit.; "the government reduced taxes"; "the matter was referred to higher authorities" |
| ~ soviets | the government of the Soviet Union.; "the Soviets said they wanted to increase trade with Europe" |
| ~ welfare state | a government that undertakes responsibility for the welfare of its citizens through programs in public health and public housing and pensions and unemployment compensation etc.. |
| n. (group) | 4. body politic, commonwealth, country, land, nation, res publica, state | a politically organized body of people under a single government.; "the state has elected a new president"; "African nations"; "students who had come to the nation's capitol"; "the country's largest manufacturer"; "an industrialized land" |
| ~ commonwealth country | any of the countries in the British Commonwealth. |
| ~ developing country | a country that is poor and whose citizens are mostly agricultural workers but that wants to become more advanced socially and economically. |
| ~ dominion | one of the self-governing nations in the British Commonwealth. |
| ~ estate of the realm, the three estates, estate | a major social class or order of persons regarded collectively as part of the body politic of the country (especially in the United Kingdom) and formerly possessing distinct political rights. |
| ~ foreign country | any state of which one is not a citizen.; "working in a foreign country takes a bit of getting used to" |
| ~ reich | the German state. |
| ~ renegade state, rogue nation, rogue state | a state that does not respect other states in its international actions. |
| ~ suzerain | a state exercising a degree of dominion over a dependent state especially in its foreign affairs. |
| ~ sea power | a nation that possesses formidable naval strength. |
| ~ great power, major power, superpower, world power, power | a state powerful enough to influence events throughout the world. |
| ~ city-state, city state | a state consisting of a sovereign city. |
| ~ ally | a friendly nation. |
| ~ political entity, political unit | a unit with political responsibilities. |
| ~ eelam, tamil eelam | the independent state that the Tamil Tigers have fought for. |
| n. (state) | 5. state, state of matter | (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).; "the solid state of water is called ice" |
| ~ chemical science, chemistry | the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions. |
| ~ chemical phenomenon | any natural phenomenon involving chemistry (as changes to atoms or molecules). |
| ~ phase, form | (physical chemistry) a distinct state of matter in a system; matter that is identical in chemical composition and physical state and separated from other material by the phase boundary.; "the reaction occurs in the liquid phase of the system" |
| ~ liquid state, liquidity, liquidness, liquid | the state in which a substance exhibits a characteristic readiness to flow with little or no tendency to disperse and relatively high incompressibility. |
| ~ solid state, solidness, solid | the state in which a substance has no tendency to flow under moderate stress; resists forces (such as compression) that tend to deform it; and retains a definite size and shape. |
| ~ gas, gaseous state | the state of matter distinguished from the solid and liquid states by: relatively low density and viscosity; relatively great expansion and contraction with changes in pressure and temperature; the ability to diffuse readily; and the spontaneous tendency to become distributed uniformly throughout any container. |
| ~ plasma | (physical chemistry) a fourth state of matter distinct from solid or liquid or gas and present in stars and fusion reactors; a gas becomes a plasma when it is heated until the atoms lose all their electrons, leaving a highly electrified collection of nuclei and free electrons.; "particles in space exist in the form of a plasma" |
| n. (state) | 6. state | a state of depression or agitation.; "he was in such a state you just couldn't reason with him" |
| ~ colloquialism | a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech. |
| ~ emotional state, spirit | the state of a person's emotions (especially with regard to pleasure or dejection).; "his emotional state depended on her opinion"; "he was in good spirits"; "his spirit rose" |
| n. (location) | 7. country, land, state | the territory occupied by a nation.; "he returned to the land of his birth"; "he visited several European countries" |
| ~ administrative district, administrative division, territorial division | a district defined for administrative purposes. |
| ~ banana republic | a small country (especially in Central America) that is politically unstable and whose economy is dominated by foreign companies and depends on one export (such as bananas). |
| ~ country of origin, fatherland, homeland, mother country, motherland, native land | the country where you were born. |
| ~ buffer country, buffer state | a small neutral state between two rival powers. |
| ~ department | the territorial and administrative division of some countries (such as France). |
| ~ demesne, domain, land | territory over which rule or control is exercised.; "his domain extended into Europe"; "he made it the law of the land" |
| ~ midland | the interior part of a country. |
| ~ kingdom | a country with a king as head of state. |
| ~ province, state | the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation.; "his state is in the deep south" |
| ~ tax haven | a country or independent region where taxes are low. |
| ~ european country, european nation | any one of the countries occupying the European continent. |
| ~ african country, african nation | any one of the countries occupying the African continent. |
| ~ asian country, asian nation | any one of the nations occupying the Asian continent. |
| ~ south american country, south american nation | any one of the countries occupying the South American continent. |
| ~ north american country, north american nation | any country on the North American continent. |
| ~ antigua and barbuda | a country in the northern Leeward Islands. |
| ~ cape verde, republic of cape verde | an island country in the Atlantic off the coast of Senegal. |
| ~ democratic socialist republic of sri lanka, sri lanka, ceylon | a republic on the island of Ceylon; became independent of the United Kingdom in 1948. |
| ~ comoros, federal islamic republic of the comoros | a country on the Comoro Islands. |
| ~ cuba, republic of cuba | a communist state in the Caribbean on the island of Cuba. |
| ~ haiti, republic of haiti | a republic in the West Indies on the western part of the island of Hispaniola; achieved independence from France in 1804; the poorest and most illiterate nation in the western hemisphere. |
| ~ dominican republic | a republic in the West Indies; located on the eastern two-thirds of the island of Hispaniola. |
| ~ jamaica | a country on the island of Jamaica; became independent of England in 1962; much poverty; the major industry is tourism. |
| ~ barbados | a parliamentary democracy on the island of Barbados; former British colony; a popular resort area. |
| ~ republic of trinidad and tobago, trinidad and tobago | an island republic in the West Indies off the northeastern coast of Venezuela; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1962. |
| ~ cyprus, republic of cyprus | a country on the island of Cyprus; 80% of the people are of Greek origin and 20% or Turkish origin. |
| ~ commonwealth of dominica, dominica | a country on the island of Dominica. |
| ~ east timor | a former Portuguese colony that was annexed by Indonesia in 1976; voted for independence from Indonesia in 1999 and in May 2002 became an independent nation. |
| ~ fiji, republic of fiji | an independent state within the British Commonwealth located on the Fiji Islands. |
| ~ israel, state of israel, yisrael, sion, zion | Jewish republic in southwestern Asia at eastern end of Mediterranean; formerly part of Palestine. |
| ~ etruria | an ancient country in central Italy; assimilated by the Romans by about 200 BC. |
| ~ australia, commonwealth of australia | a nation occupying the whole of the Australian continent; Aboriginal tribes are thought to have migrated from southeastern Asia 20,000 years ago; first Europeans were British convicts sent there as a penal colony. |
| ~ federated states of micronesia, micronesia, tt | a country scattered over Micronesia with a constitutional government in free association with the United States; achieved independence in 1986. |
| ~ marshall islands, republic of the marshall islands | a republic (under United States protection) on the Marshall Islands. |
| ~ tuvalu | a small island republic on the Tuvalu islands; formerly part of the British colony of Gilbert and Ellice Islands until it withdrew in 1975 and became independent of the United Kingdom in 1978. |
| ~ kiribati, republic of kiribati | an island republic in the west central Pacific just to the south of the equator. |
| ~ nauru, republic of nauru | an island republic on Nauru Island; phosphate exports support the economy. |
| ~ independent state of papua new guinea, papua new guinea | a parliamentary democracy on the eastern half of the island of New Guinea; in 1975 it became an independent state within the Commonwealth of Nations. |
| ~ bahama islands, bahamas, commonwealth of the bahamas | island country in the Atlantic to the east of Florida and Cuba; a popular winter resort. |
| ~ sultanate | country or territory ruled by a sultan. |
| ~ burkina faso, upper volta | a desperately poor landlocked country in western Africa; was formerly Upper Volta under French rule but gained independence in 1960. |
| ~ dutch east indies, indonesia, republic of indonesia | a republic in southeastern Asia on an archipelago including more than 13,000 islands; achieved independence from the Netherlands in 1945; the principal oil producer in the Far East and Pacific regions. |
| ~ grenada | an island state in the West Indies in the southeastern Caribbean Sea; an independent state within the British Commonwealth. |
| ~ maldives, republic of maldives | a republic on the Maldive Islands; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1965. |
| ~ malta, republic of malta | a republic on the island of Malta in the Mediterranean; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1964. |
| ~ mauritius, republic of mauritius | a parliamentary state on the island of Mauritius. |
| ~ new zealand | an independent country within the British Commonwealth; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1907; known for sheep and spectacular scenery. |
| ~ palau, republic of palau, tt | a republic in the western central Pacific Ocean in association with the United States. |
| ~ philippines, republic of the philippines | a republic on the Philippine Islands; achieved independence from the United States in 1946. |
| ~ federation of saint kitts and nevis, saint christopher-nevis, saint kitts and nevis, st. christopher-nevis, st. kitts and nevis | a country on several of the Leeward Islands; located to the east southeast of Puerto Rico; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1983. |
| ~ saint lucia, st. lucia | a country on the island of Saint Lucia; gained independence from Great Britain in 1979. |
| ~ saint vincent and the grenadines, st. vincent and the grenadines | an island country in the central Windward Islands; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1979. |
| ~ independent state of samoa, samoa, samoa i sisifo, western samoa | a constitutional monarchy on the western part of the islands of Samoa in the South Pacific. |
| ~ democratic republic of sao tome and principe, sao thome e principe, sao tome and principe, sao tome e principe, st. thomas and principe | island nation in the South Atlantic off the west coast of Africa; achieved independence from Portugal in 1975; has enormous offshore oil reserves. |
| ~ republic of seychelles, seychelles | a republic on the Seychelles islands; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1976. |
| ~ solomon islands | the southern Solomon Islands that since 1978 form an independent state in the British Commonwealth. |
| ~ rus | the medieval Russian state established by Scandinavian traders in the 9th century; the capital was first in Novgorod and then in Kiev. |
| ~ russia, soviet union, union of soviet socialist republics, ussr | a former communist country in eastern Europe and northern Asia; established in 1922; included Russia and 14 other soviet socialist republics (Ukraine and Byelorussia and others); officially dissolved 31 December 1991. |
| ~ russian federation, russia | a federation in northeastern Europe and northern Asia; formerly Soviet Russia; since 1991 an independent state. |
| ~ ukraine, ukrayina | a republic in southeastern Europe; formerly a European soviet; the center of the original Russian state which came into existence in the ninth century. |
| ~ turkmenia, turkmenistan, turkomen, turkmen | a republic in Asia to the east of the Caspian Sea and to the south of Kazakhstan and to the north of Iran; an Asian soviet from 1925 to 1991. |
| ~ friendly islands, kingdom of tonga, tonga | a monarchy on a Polynesian archipelago in the South Pacific; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1970. |
| ~ republic of turkey, turkey | a Eurasian republic in Asia Minor and the Balkans; on the collapse of the Ottoman Empire in 1918, the Young Turks, led by Kemal Ataturk, established a republic in 1923. |
| ~ new hebrides, republic of vanuatu, vanuatu | a volcanic island republic in Melanesia; independent since 1980. |
| n. (group) | 8. department of state, dos, state, state department, united states department of state | the federal department in the United States that sets and maintains foreign policies.; "the Department of State was created in 1789" |
| ~ executive department | a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States. |
| ~ foggy bottom | United States Department of State, which is housed in a building in a low-lying area of Washington near the Potomac River. |
| ~ bureau of diplomatic security, ds | the bureau in the State Department that is responsible for the security of diplomats and embassies overseas. |
| ~ foreign service | the part of the State Department that supplies diplomats for the United States embassies and consulates around the world. |
| ~ bureau of intelligence and research, inr | an agency that is the primary source in the State Department for interpretive analyses of global developments and focal point for policy issues and activities of the Intelligence Community. |
| v. (communication) | 9. say, state, tell | express in words.; "He said that he wanted to marry her"; "tell me what is bothering you"; "state your opinion"; "state your name" |
| ~ present, lay out, represent | bring forward and present to the mind.; "We presented the arguments to him"; "We cannot represent this knowledge to our formal reason" |
| ~ misstate | state something incorrectly.; "You misstated my position" |
| ~ answer, reply, respond | react verbally.; "She didn't want to answer"; "answer the question"; "We answered that we would accept the invitation" |
| ~ preface, premise, precede, introduce | furnish with a preface or introduction.; "She always precedes her lectures with a joke"; "He prefaced his lecture with a critical remark about the institution" |
| ~ give tongue to, utter, express, verbalise, verbalize | articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise.; "She expressed her anger"; "He uttered a curse" |
| ~ announce, declare | announce publicly or officially.; "The President declared war" |
| ~ enunciate, vocalise, vocalize, articulate | express or state clearly. |
| ~ say | state as one's opinion or judgement; declare.; "I say let's forget this whole business" |
| ~ get out | express with difficulty.; "I managed to get out a few words" |
| ~ declare | state emphatically and authoritatively.; "He declared that he needed more money to carry out the task he was charged with" |
| ~ declare | make a declaration (of dutiable goods) to a customs official.; "Do you have anything to declare?" |
| ~ note, remark, mention, observe | make mention of.; "She observed that his presentation took up too much time"; "They noted that it was a fine day to go sailing" |
| ~ add, append, supply | state or say further.; "`It doesn't matter,' he supplied" |
| ~ explain | define.; "The committee explained their plan for fund-raising to the Dean" |
| ~ give | convey or reveal information.; "Give one's name" |
| ~ sum, summarise, sum up, summarize | be a summary of.; "The abstract summarizes the main ideas in the paper" |
| v. (communication) | 10. posit, put forward, state, submit | put before.; "I submit to you that the accused is guilty" |
| ~ propose, suggest, advise | make a proposal, declare a plan for something.; "the senator proposed to abolish the sales tax" |
| v. (communication) | 11. express, state | indicate through a symbol, formula, etc..; "Can you express this distance in kilometers?" |
| ~ denote, refer | have as a meaning.; "`multi-' denotes `many' " |
| ~ vote | express a choice or opinion.; "I vote that we all go home"; "She voted for going to the Chinese restaurant" |
| ~ vote | express one's choice or preference by vote.; "vote the Democratic ticket" |
| stipulate | | |
| v. (communication) | 1. stipulate | give a guarantee or promise of.; "They stipulated to release all the prisoners" |
| ~ guarantee, vouch | give surety or assume responsibility.; "I vouch for the quality of my products" |
| ~ specify, stipulate, condition, qualify | specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement.; "The will stipulates that she can live in the house for the rest of her life"; "The contract stipulates the dates of the payments" |
| v. (communication) | 2. stipulate | make an oral contract or agreement in the verbal form of question and answer that is necessary to give it legal force. |
| ~ jus civile, justinian code, roman law, civil law | the legal code of ancient Rome; codified under Justinian; the basis for many modern systems of civil law. |
| ~ contract, undertake | enter into a contractual arrangement. |
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