a condition in which a person or thing is (in appearance, mind, health etc); an organized political community with a government; to express (an opinion etc) in words, especially carefully, fully and clearly
condition or mode of being
Cases of word usage
1) the state of being away (absence)
2) the state or quality of containing acid (acidity)
3) the state of being active (activity)
4) the state of being adapted (adaptation)
5) the state of being adequate (adequacy)
6) the period or state of being adult (adulthood)
7) (especially) the mental state of feeling or being different from other people, without friends (alienation)
8) to state or write (something) as a reason or excuse, in support of a claim or in denial of a charge (allege)
9) the state of association or connection (alliance)
10) a person, state etc giving help or support to another (ally)
