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@@ -275,23 +275,33 @@
     The term service has 2 meanings in Home Assistant:
 
     **The information service**
-    E.g. the municipal waste management service that provides entities for organic, paper, and packaging waste. In terms of functionality, the information service is like a device. It is called *service* to avoid confusion, as it does not come with a piece of hardware.
+    For example, the municipal waste management service that provides entities for organic, paper, and packaging waste. In terms of functionality, the information service is like a device. It is called *service* to avoid confusion, as it does not come with a piece of hardware.
 
     **The software function that interacts with targets to make something happen**
-    A service carries out one specific task: e.g. turning on the light in the living room or sending a notification to a mobile phone. 
+    A service carries out one specific task, for example: turning on the light in the living room or sending a notification to a mobile phone. 
 
-    A service has targets and data. Service targets are: areas, devices, and entities. Service data carries the information required to define the desired state change in the target. E.g. the target, together with brightness 150 and RGB color `[255,0,0]`, or the message “Your coffee is ready”. 
+    A service has targets and data. Service targets are: areas, devices, and entities. Service data carries the information required to define the desired state change in the target. For example, the target, together with brightness 150 and RGB color `[255,0,0]`, or the message “Your coffee is ready”. 
 
     Services can be used in, for example, automation, scripts, dashboards, or voice commands to control your home.
 
     Home Assistant provides a series of predefined services, such as `homeassistant.turn_on`, `homeassistant.toggle`, or `homeassistant.reload`.
   excerpt: >
-    A service carries out one specific task: e.g. turn on the light in the 
+    A service carries out one specific task, for example: turn on the light in the 
     living room. A service has targets and data and can be called by actions, a 
     dashboard, or via voice command.
 
   link: /docs/scripts/service-calls/
 
+- term: State
+  definition: |-
+    The state holds the information of interest of an entity. For example, if a light is on or off, the current temperature, or the amount of energy used. The data type of state is `string` (a textual value). Entities store 2 timestamps related to the state: `last_updated` and `last_changed`. Each entity has exactly one state and the state only holds one value at a time. However, entities can store attributes related to that state. For example, the state of a light is _on_, and the related state attributes could be its current brightness and color values.
+
+    State changes can be used as the source of triggers. The current state can be used in conditions.
+    
+  link: /docs/scripts/configuration/state_object/
+  excerpt: >
+    The state holds the information of interest of an entity, for example, if a light is on or off. Each entity has exactly one state and the state only holds one value at a time. However, entities can store attributes related to that state such as brightness, color, or a unit of measurement.
+
 - term: Switch
   definition: >-
     Switches are things that have two states you can select between, such as
@@ -319,7 +329,7 @@
 - term: Variables
   definition: >-
     Variables are used to store values in memory that can be processed
-    e.g. in a script.
+    for example, in a script.
   link: /docs/scripts/#variables
 
 - term: Zone