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state
(also State) /steɪt/ adjective [before noun] GOVERNMENTDefinition
› provided, owned, or done by the government of a country: state companies/enterprises/monopolies The main ports are owned by state economic enterprises. state education/a state school state subsidies
› relating to a particular state of a country, especially the US: state agencies/employees/legislature
(Definition of state adjective from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
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