State (disambiguation)

State may mean:
Political science
 A state in politics, which is the same as a country or a nation.
 A city-state in politics, which is a city that is an independent nation.
 A nation state in politics, where the people living in a country have the same nationality.
 A sovereign state in politics
 A U.S. state, one of the 50 members of the United States. A U.S. state is like a province, prefecture, or district in another country.

Science
 A state of matter in chemistry. For example, solid, liquid, or gas.
 An equation of state in thermodynamics.
 An oxidation state in chemistry, referring to the number of electrons added or subtracted from an atom

 Computing 
 State (computer science), a unique configuration of information in a program or machine
 Program state, in computer science, a snapshot of the measure of various conditions in the system
 State pattern, in computer science, a behavioral design pattern
 State (printmaking), a unique form of a print, caused by a deliberate change to a matrix
 State (software), animation software for YouTube and social media sites