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| NOUN: | 1. Manner of being or form of existence: condition, mode, situation, status. See BE. 2. An organized geopolitical unit: body politic, country, land, nation, polity. See POLITICS, TERRITORY. 3. Informal. A condition of excited distress: fume. Informal : snit, sweat, swivet. Slang : tizzy. See CALM. | | VERB: | 1. To utter publicly: air, express, put, vent, ventilate. Idioms: come out with. See SHOW, WORDS. 2. To put into words positively and with conviction: affirm, allege, argue, assert, asseverate, aver, avouch, avow, claim, contend, declare, hold, maintain, say. Idioms: have it. See AFFIRM. 3. To put into words: articulate, communicate, convey, declare, express, say, talk, tell, utter1, vent, verbalize, vocalize, voice. Idioms: give tongue (or vent) (or voice) to. See WORDS. 4. To declare by way of a systematic statement: enounce, enunciate. See WORDS.
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