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United states
//juːˌnaɪtɨd ˈsteɪts// name
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Proper Noun
- 1 A country in North America, also including Hawaii in Oceania; in full, United States of America. singular
"As soon as the war in Europe had embraced those powers with whom the United States have the most extensive relations there was reason to apprehend that our intercourse with them might be interrupted and our disposition for peace drawn into question by the suspicions too often entertained by belligerent nations."
- 2 A country in North America, also including Hawaii in Oceania; in full, United States of America.; The American federal government. broadly, singular
"The United States effectively nationalized Fannie and Freddie during the 2008 financial crisis to prevent their collapse."
- 3 The collection of individual states of the United States of America. in-plural
"life in these United States"
- 4 A federal nation consisting of several states, whether actual, historical or hypothetical. name
"the Republic of the United States of Brazil (the First Brazilian Republic)"
Noun
- 1 the executive and legislative and judicial branches of the federal government of the United States wordnet
See also for "united states"
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