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When I was a kid and we first moved to the states I used to watch 'Batman' all the time - with Adam West. I finally got to work with him years ago, and I totally geeked out.
Diedrich Bader

Meaning of "the states" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF THE STATES

the states play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF THE STATES

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
The states is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES THE STATES MEAN IN ENGLISH?

The States

The States can refer to: ▪ United States of America ▪ The Estates, a representative assembly in many historical countries...

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE THE STATES

the spiritual
the spotlight
the squits
the stage
the Stannaries
the Stans
the Star-Spangled Banner
the Stars and Bars
the Stars and Stripes
the Stationery Office
the status quo
the Steppes
the story goes
the Strand
the strap
the strings
the struggle
the sublime
the subsidiariat
the Sudan

WORDS THAT END LIKE THE STATES

associated states
Balkan States
Baltic States
Commonwealth of Independent States
Council of States
dates
dictates
Gulf States
Malay States
Middle Atlantic States
Middle States
Native States
Organization of American States
Papal States
States
the Gulf States
United Arab States
United Mexican States
United States
Virgin Islands of the United States
War Between the States

Synonyms and antonyms of the states in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «the states» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF THE STATES

Find out the translation of the states to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of the states from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «the states» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

美国
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

los estados
570 millions of speakers

English

the states
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

राज्यों
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الدول
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

государства
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

os estados
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

রাজ্যের
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

les états
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Negeri-negeri
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

die Staaten
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

米国
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

상태
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Negara
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

các quốc gia
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மாநிலங்கள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

राज्ये
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Devletler
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

gli stati
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

państwa
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

держави
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

statele
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τα κράτη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

die state
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

tillstånden
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

statene
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of the states

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «THE STATES»

The term «the states» is very widely used and occupies the 14.001 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «THE STATES» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «the states» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «the states» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about the states

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10 QUOTES WITH «THE STATES»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word the states.
1
Diedrich Bader
When I was a kid and we first moved to the states I used to watch 'Batman' all the time - with Adam West. I finally got to work with him years ago, and I totally geeked out.
2
Standing Bear
My first years were spent living just as my forefathers had lived - roaming the green, rolling hills of what are now the states of South Dakota and Nebraska.
3
Judy Biggert
Second, marriage is an issue that our Founding Fathers wisely left to the states.
4
Harry A. Blackmun
The states are not free, under the guise of protecting maternal health or potential life, to intimidate women into continuing pregnancies.
5
Leon Bourgeois
Just as the formation of the family is basic to the formation of the state, so the states themselves are the only units that can form the basic constitution of a viable international organization.
6
Maria Cantwell
Everybody says they want to have private providers and we're saying fine. Let the states negotiate on behalf of a population in your state to drive down your costs. Don't just give subsidies to insurance companies for expensive insurance.
7
Parvesh Cheena
In the states we all have this idea, everyone who wants to be the next best singer, next best dancer. Those same wants and desires are in India, too.
8
Chris Christie
If we make the tough decisions now, we will be one year ahead of 80 percent of the states in the race to economic growth. If we fail to act, we will fall even further behind... by going first, we can become first.
9
Pete Coors
The 21st Amendment gives the states the right to decide what the drinking ages should be and other aspects relative to alcoholic beverages, and I support that. As a United States senator, I want to weigh in - this is not my agenda.
10
Paula Creamer
An American champion, obviously being here in the states, is something that we all look at with the U.S. Open. But golf is played all over the world, and there are so many great golfers from other countries, and we're lucky enough that this is our home base to be able to play out of.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THE STATES»

Discover the use of the states in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to the states and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Fate of the States: The New Geography of American Prosperity
The story of the next thirty years will not be a repeat of the last thirty.” One of the most respected voices on Wall Street, Meredith Whitney shot to global prominence in 2007 when her warnings of a looming crisis in the financial sector ...
Meredith Whitney, 2013
2
Annie, Between the States
Annie's home and heart are divided by the Civil War.
L. M. Elliott, 2009
3
The Scrambled States of America
The Scrambled States of America
‎2002
4
The States and Public Higher Education Policy: ...
This collection analyzes how issues of affordability, access, and accountability influence the way in which state governments approach, monitor, and set public higher education policy.
Donald E. Heller, 2013
5
Local Government and the States: Autonomy, Politics and Policy
This is an account of the dynamics and tensions in the relations between local and state governments in the United States.
David R. Berman, 2003
6
A Constitutional View of the Late War Between the States
Alexander Stephens. and no other crimes whatsoever ; and it being true as a general principle, and one of the amendments to the Constitution having also declared, that "the powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor ...
Alexander Stephens, 2008
7
Civil Service Reform in the States: Personnel Policy and ...
Assesses recent civil service reforms undertaken by state governments.
J. Edward Kellough, Lloyd G. Nigro, 2006
8
Reviving the American Dream: The Economy, the States & the ..
Argues that the responsibilities of the federal and state governments should be restructured in order to handle our current economic problems In this book, the author offers a straightforward, nontechnical look at the issues threatening the ...
Alice M. Rivlin, 1992
9
The Fourteenth Amendment and the States: A Study of the ...
"This book is interesting throughout; but perhaps the most striking parts are those in which the author gives the figures as to the number of cases, their nature, and their geographical distribution.
Charles Wallace Collins, 2004
10
Regulation in the States
Teske's book provides original quantitative analyses of state-level regulation across all the states in ten important sectors such as telecommunications, electricity, and professional licensing.
Paul Eric Teske, 2004

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «THE STATES»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term the states is used in the context of the following news items.
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These States Have the Fastest Internet
Virginia tops the list of the states with the fastest Internet, with an average Internet speed of 13.7 megabits per second (Mbps), according to Akamai's “State of the ... «TIME, Aug 14»

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