interstate

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/ˈɪntɚˌsteɪt/

adj 1adv 1noun 1

Collocations

ADJ.

abandoned, busy, favourite, justice, next

We took the busy interstate to get to the airport on time.

VERB + INTERSTATE

bridge, driving, drove, found, get, intrastate, pull, railing

We drove across the interstate for eight hours to reach the coast.

INTERSTATE + NOUN

commerce, missouri, prison, reciprocity, tom

The new interstate commerce agreement reduced tariffs between the neighboring states.

PREP.

after, along, between, down, in, off, on

We drove down the interstate for six hours to reach my grandmother's house.

Definitions

adj

Of, or relating to two or more states.

interstate commerce

interstate reciprocity

adv

Crossing states (usually provincial state, but also e.g. multinational sense).

The truck driver drove interstate to unload.

noun

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.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

Antonyms

intrastate

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

interstate commerce

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interstate reciprocity

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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 a

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The truck driver drove interstate to unload.

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The speed-limit increase would not apply to Delaware, where the interstates are all near populated areas.

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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.

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Usage Notes

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In some senses, interstate is marked as US. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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