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state of the union

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.00 in modern English

Syllables
state of the u-nion
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The State of the Union address, an annual event in which a president of the United States reports the status of the country, normally to a joint session of the United States Congress.

American usage

Usage

Inflected Forms

the State of the Union (canonical)

Questions

What does state of the union mean?
The State of the Union address, an annual event in which a president of the United States reports the status of the country, normally to a joint session of the United States Congress.

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