acceptable, fit, good, healthy
She managed to get the company''s finances into a healthy state.

appalling, awful, bad,
desperate, dire, dreadful, pitiful,

poor, sorry, terrible | run-down
We were shocked at the run-down state of the hospital.

emotional, mental, psychological
He''s not in a fit enough mental state to drive. | physicalThe inspectors assess the physical state of schools and equipment.

financial | nervous, trance-like
He goes into a trance-like state when he plays the guitar.

current, present | former, previous | natural
You can either varnish the wood or leave it in its natural state.

constant, continual, continuous,

permanent, perpetual
The country is in a perpetual state of anarchy.

advanced
an advanced state of dehydration

get into, go into | get sth into

in a ~
Jane was in a terrible state after losing her job.

into a ~
Babies can cry themselves into a state of frenzy.

~ of
His life seems to be in a constant state of chaos.

be in a good/bad, etc. state of repair
The house was in a poor state of repair when we bought it.

a state of affairs
The brothers'' refusal to work together had brought about this sad state of affairs.

a state of emergency
The government has declared a state of emergency in the flooded regions.

a state of flux
The education system is still in a state of flux following the recent reform.

a state of health
He''s concerned about his mother''s state of health.

a state of mind
Public speaking can produce a state of mind akin to panic.

a state of shock
The driver was just sitting there in a state of shock.

a state of war

independent, nation, sovereign | foreign | democratic, one-party, socialist, totalitarian, etc. | member
member states of the European Union

powerful, strong | weak | neighbouring

enterprise, monopoly | control, ownership
The telephone network is still under state control.

property
Every citizen could buy shares in privatized state property.

sector, system
Teachers in the state sector are asking for a 7% pay rise. | schools outside the state system

education, school
Did you go to a state school or a private school?

aid, funding, funds, subsidy, support | benefit, pension
unemployed people living on state benefit The state pension is barely enough to live on.

intervention
large-scale state intervention in industry

spending
Some prefer tax cuts to greater state spending on health and social services.

employee | secret
He was shot for passing state secrets to foreign powers.

affairs/matters of state
The president''s wife is said to have a powerful hand in affairs of state. | head of stateVisiting heads of state usually stay in the palace.

clearly, plainly
Please state clearly how many tickets you require.

exactly, explicitly, expressly, precisely, specifically
These facts were nowhere explicitly stated.

categorically, definitely, positively, unequivocally
She stated categorically that she had no intention of leaving.

emphatically, firmly | bluntly, flatly
‘Alcohol doesn''t solve problems,’ she stated flatly.

confidently | correctly, rightly | falsely, incorrectly, wrongly | openly, publicly
He stated his own views quite openly.

formally, officially | blandly | easily
The demands are more easily stated than met.

briefly, succinctly | quietly | just, merely, simply
I am merely stating the facts.

repeatedly | previously
As previously stated, the phrase ‘value for money’ has an ambiguous meaning.

go on to
The report goes on to state that: …

fail to
The committee failed to state their reasons for this decision.

stated above/below
We cannot accept this proposal for the reasons stated above.

state the obvious
At the risk of stating the obvious, people who have not paid cannot be admitted.

unless otherwise stated/unless stated otherwise
All the photographs in this book, unless otherwise stated, date from the 1950s.