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State of the City address

State of the City address

1 6.8
A formal speech by the mayor about the city's situation and future plans
  • noun
  • Formal
translation icon : discurso sobre el estado de la ciudad
  • Mayor White's State of the City address
  • deliver the State of the City address
  • give a State of the City address
  • mayor's State of the City address

Examples

  • Mayor Tom Barrett delivered his fourth State of the City address on Feb. 14.

  • Not only will residents obtain information at the State of the City address, residents will also be able to participate in a Q&A with the city officials after the speech.

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  • Last week, the City released its 2009 State of the City address from City Manager John Caulfield.

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  • Larry Falkin, director of Cincinnati's Office of Environmental Quality, will deliver the State of the City address.

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  • Residents of the City of Commerce will be able to voice their concerns to city officials during the first of four "State of the City" addresses to be held tonight at Bristow Park Community Center.

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  • Mayor John Edelston delivered his State of the City address at the Sheraton Agoura Hills Hotel on Thursday.

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  • During his State of the City address this afternoon, Bloomberg said that his first priority for legislators in Albany is pension reform.

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  • Mayor Jim Ledford, left, and City Manager Dave Childs presented the State of the City address to the Palmdale Chamber of Commerce on October 17.

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  • Arlington Mayor Robert Cluck delivered his annual State of the City address on Thursday, October 11, at the Arlington Convention Center, outlining the city's accomplishments, the City Council's new priorities, and Arlington's future course.

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  • Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan will deliver the State of the City address this evening.

Synonyms

address
vsState of the City address
  • Formal
212 5.3

A formal speech given to a group of people

is delivered by a mayor and focused on city status and future plans

How Formal

inaugural address
  • Formal
18 5.9
State of the City address
  • Formal
1 6.8
address
  • Formal
212 5.3
speech
  • Formal
∞ 1.8
talk
718 1.8
remark
371 1.4
to comment
589 1.7

Surface Forms

State of the City address singular
State of the City addresses plural

Morphology

state + of + the + city + address

The phrase is directly compositional: 'state' (here meaning the condition or status) + 'of the city' yields 'the city's condition', and 'address' is a formal speech, so the whole denotes a speech about the city's status and plans. This follows a common 'State of the X address' pattern found across languages, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words can readily infer the meaning.

Etymology

State of the City address comes from a mayor standing before citizens and describing the state, meaning the city's 'condition', and giving an address, meaning 'speech'. So, it means 'a formal speech by a city's mayor about how the city is doing and what will happen next'.