English > temporary state: 1 sense > noun 1, state| Meaning | A state that continues for a limited time. |
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| Narrower | clutch | A tense critical situation |
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| depletion | The state of being depleted |
| drunkenness, inebriation, inebriety, intoxication, tipsiness, insobriety | A temporary state resulting from excessive consumption of alcohol |
| emergency | A state in which martial law applies |
| fatigue, weariness, tiredness | temporary loss of strength and energy resulting from hard physical or mental work |
| sleepiness, drowsiness, somnolence | A very sleepy state |
| soberness, sobriety | The state of being sober and not intoxicated by alcohol |
| state of mind, frame of mind | A temporary psychological state |
| wakefulness, sleeplessness | A temporary state in which you are unable (or unwilling) to sleep |
| Broader | state | The way something is with respect to its main attributes |
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| Spanish | estado temporal |
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| Catalan | estat temporal |
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