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     title: Dashboard
 ---
 
-The valve entity in Home Assistant provides an interface to control valves such as water, gas, or air valves.
+The **Valve** entity in Home Assistant provides an interface to control valves such as water, gas, or air valves.
 
 {% include integrations/building_block_integration.md %}
 
+## The state of a valve entity
+
+The valve {% term entity %} can have the following states:
+
+- **Open**: The valve is fully open.
+- **Opening**: The valve is in the process of opening.
+- **Closed**: The valve is fully closed.
+- **Closing**: The valve is in the process of closing.
+- **Stopped**: The valve has stopped moving before reaching a fully open or closed position.
+
 ## Device class
 
 {% include integrations/device_class_intro.md %}