Meanings
states1
- pluralplural of state
- indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of state
States2
- abbreviationellipsisinformalchiefly outside of the USEllipsis of United States.
- UShistoricalThose parts of the United States comprising states rather than territories.
The structure will house the United States Army signal corps office which maintains radio and cable communication between Alaska and the States
1935 November 7, “Ketchikan, Alaska, to Get New Federal Building”, in Christian Science Monitor - Channel IslandsThe parliament of either of the two Channel Islands countries: the States of Guernsey or the States of Jersey.
It wasn't until the Green Shutters was closed down by the States at the beginning of the First World War […] that the whores went into private business in Cornet Street.
1974, GB Edwards, The Book of Ebenezer Le Page, New York, published 2007, page 431 more example
It has also led credence to the view of the outgoing chief minister that it is a handful of mischief-making existing deputies who are to blame for the perception that this States is already the worst ever.
2012 April 28, The Guernsey Press
- pluralplural of State
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states. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/states
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