statal

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adjective

Relating to a state or condition.

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Meanings

adjectivestatal (not comparable)
  1. not comparableRelating to a state or condition.
  2. not comparableResulting from structural considerations as opposed to actions.

    Finally, implications for future policy and practice in relation to respect, trust, and students' rights are considered, with the possibility of increasing connection and reducing social exclusion by thinking in new terms of addressing statal exclusions through participation rights.

    2004, Ros Edwards, Children, Home and School: Regulation, Autonomy Or Connection?, →ISBN
  3. not comparablehuman sciencesPertaining to a word or word form (such as a passive verb or a modifier) or other linguistic element that denotes a state rather than an action or process.

    All (pre-nominal) participial modifiers in Hindi have a statal meaning whether or not they involve a statal verb (something like “in the state of sleeping / having slept / running / eating / having been washed”, etc.).

    1971, Manindra K. Verma, The Structure of the Noun Phrase in English and Hindi, page 160
  4. in compoundsnot comparableusuallyPertaining to a state within a federal government.

    Every element of a State of the American Union remained, except this statal relation to the Union

    1879, Albion W. Tourgée, A Fool's Errand, by One of the Fools
    1 more example

    The theoretical position adopted here suggest ^([sic]) that this process is in fact a contradictory one, and includes three levels — supra-statal, statal and intra-statal levels, and within each level there are two dimensions; ^([sic]) the transnational political organisations and a new global culture.

    2003, Dave Ramsaran, “Understanding the Socio-Cultural Dynamics of Globalisation: The Case of Bananas in St Lucia and St Vincent and the Grenadines”, in Cynthia Barrow-Giles, Don D. Marshall, editor, Living at the Borderlines: Issues in Caribbean Sovereignty and Development, page 96

Origin

From state + -al.

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Translations

Catalan estatal
  • estatalrelating to a state
Dutch statelijk
  • statelijkrelating to a state
Finnish osavaltion-, valtiollinen
  • osavaltion-to a state of the US
  • valtiollinenrelating to a state
  • valtion-relating to a state
Italian statale
  • statalerelating to a state
Portuguese estatal
  • estatalrelating to a state
Romanian statal
  • statalrelating to a state
Spanish estatal
  • estatalrelating to a state
Cite this entry
APA

statal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/statal

MLA

“statal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/statal. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “statal,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/statal.

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