State is a polysemous word with multiple meanings in different contexts:
1. A nation or territory considered as an organized political community under one government.
2. One of the constituent units of a nation having a federal government (e.g. the 50 states of the USA).
3. The civil government of a country (e.g. affairs of state).
4. A particular condition that someone or something is in at a specific time (e.g. state of mind).
5. In computing, the condition of a system or resource at a given time.
6. In chemistry, the physical form of matter (solid, liquid, gas).