states

noun

1. (form-of, plural)plural of state
2. (form-of, plural)plural of State

verb

1. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person)third-person singular simple present indicative of state

name

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, informal)Ellipsis of United States.
2. (US, historical)Those parts of the United States comprising states rather than territories.

   “The structure will house the United States Army signal corps office which maintains radio and cable communication between Alaska and the States”

3. The parliament of either of the two Channel Islands countries: the States of Guernsey or the States of Jersey.

   “It wasn't until the Green Shutters was closed down by the States at the beginning of the First World War […] that the whores went into private business in Cornet Street.”

   “It has also led credence to the view of the outgoing chief minister that it is a handful of mischief-making existing deputies who are to blame for the perception that this States is already the worst ever.”