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A condition, a country, or a mood — context decides which one's about to ruin your day.
means The current condition of something, or an organized political community with its own government.
from From Latin status, meaning standing or condition, via the idea of how something stands at a given moment.
Same rootShares ancestry with status, statue, and stable.
Two sensesCondition and nation split from one Latin word.
Physics useSolid, liquid, gas are states of matter.