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estado — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • nation noun A large group of people who share a common history, culture, language, or identity, often but not always tied to a specific country.
  • polity noun Organizational structure and governance, especially of a state or a religion.
  • shape noun The outline or form of something, defined by its outer edges or surface.
  • situation noun The set of circumstances or facts affecting something at a particular time.
  • standing adj Remaining in effect on an ongoing basis.
  • state noun The particular condition someone or something is in at a given time.
  • status noun The current state or condition of something at a given moment.

Senses

estado is used for these senses in English:

  • estado (historical) A traditional Spanish unit of length, equivalent to about 1.67 m.
  • nation (international, _, legal, metonymically) A sovereign state; (loosely, metonymically, proscribed) a country.
  • polity (political science, countable) A politically organized unit, especially a nation of people, a class or ingroup that governs it, or the state ruled thereby.
  • shape The status or condition of something
  • situation The combination of circumstances at a given moment; a state of affairs.
  • situation Position or status with regard to conditions and circumstances.
  • standing (sports) The position of a team in a league or of a player in a list.
  • state (anthropology) A society larger than a tribe. A society large enough to form a state in the sense of a government.

nation — full definition

  1. noun A large group of people who share a common history, culture, language, or identity, often but not always tied to a specific country.
  2. noun A country, especially as a political and territorial unit.

polity — full definition

  1. noun Organizational structure and governance, especially of a state or a religion.
  2. noun A politically organized unit, especially a nation of people, a class or ingroup that governs it, or the state ruled thereby.

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