1. in state - Adjective
2. in state - Adverb
With pomp and ceremony.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see in, state.
Her grandparents moved in state last year.
(US) Existing or occurring within a single US state.
in-state travel
(US) Of or from the state where an institution is located, especially a public or state-funded college or university.
an in-state student
(US) Applicable to or available to individuals of or from the state.
in-state tuition
in-state
The key players are now all in place in Washington and in state governments across America to officially label carbon dioxide as a pollutant and enact laws that tax us citizens for our carbon footprints. John Coleman
Diplomacy: Lying in state. Oliver Herford
Every dollar that we send in State Department aid or humanitarian aid that saves us from having to get involved with very expensive military actions is a good investment. And frankly, helping Israel fight terrorism in the Middle East is much cheaper than us fighting it here on our shores. Anthony Weiner
Obviously this is the world descending into worse and worse standards of targeting civilians both in state violence in Iraq, Gaza and so on and the terrorist retaliation. Clare Short
The education of all children, from the moment that they can get along without a mother's care, shall be in state institutions. Karl Marx
Women in state affairs are like monkeys in glass-houses. Irish Proverb