Hold and State

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Hold verb - To have or keep in one's hands.

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State is a synonym for hold in affirm topic. In some cases you can use "State" instead a verb "Hold".

Nearby Words: holding, holder, holdback

State verb - To convey in appropriate or telling terms.

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Hold is a synonym for state in affirm topic. Sometimes you can use "Hold" instead a verb "State".

emotional	emotional hold	emotional state
good	good hold	good state
original	original hold	original state
true	true hold	true state
Other adjectives: dead, single, poor, small, powerful, entire, mental, psychological, former, final, last.

belief	hold belief	state belief
opinion	hold opinion	state opinion
position	hold position	state position
place	hold place	state place
Other words: number, hand, way, hands, feelings, times.

While intended to be humorous, this is partially justified in that some states did in fact hold multiple regional "state fairs" in different regions within the state.

Source: Redundancy / Music
Meyer was so upset that the book is now "on hold indefinitely," because if she wrote it in her (then-)current state of mind, she has said, the evil vampire would succeed.note This was in 2008.

Source: Why Fandom Can't Have Nice Things
Man-Thing exists more or less in this state permanently, unable to hold onto any moments of temporary lucidity and motivated only by empathy.

Source: Empty Shell

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