interstate
adjectiveadverbnounattested in dialogue
- United States//ˈɪntɚˌsteɪt//
- United States//ˈɪnɚˌsteɪt//
- United States/[ˈɪɾ̃ɚˌsteɪ̯t]/
Of, or relating to two or more states.
adjective
- 1
Of, or relating to two or more states.
interstate commerce
interstate reciprocity
The difference between intrastate and interstate prison transfers, Justice Blackmun said, "is a matter of degree, not of kind," while confinement in a mental hospital is qualitatively different than an ordinary prison sentence.
Jordan Gee, 37, of Nanticoke, Pennsylvania, was charged with three felony counts of threats against the president and one count of interstate threats, according to the Justice Department.
Etymology
From inter- + state, originally as an adjective only; the noun is by (ellipsis) from interstate highway. The noun also serves adjectivally as a (noun adjunct) in such collocations as interstate construction and interstate rest stops.
adverb
- 1
Crossing states (usually provincial state, but also e.g. multinational sense).
The truck driver drove interstate to unload.
noun
- 1
A freeway that is part of the Interstate Highway System.
The speed-limit increase would not apply to Delaware, where the interstates are all near populated areas.
There was no reason to pull off the interstate and drive twenty miles down a bumpy local road, just to stay in a dilapidated no-tell motel.
On March 11, 2021, Deputy Andrew Hall with the Danville Police Department responded to an overpass where Wilson was reportedly throwing rocks onto the interstate, according to a Law Enforcement Involved Fatal Incident report released Friday.
Forms
- plural
- interstates
interstate · Of, or relating to two or more states.
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