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interstate

[ adjective in-ter-steyt; noun in-ter-steyt ]

adjective

  1. connecting or involving different states:

    interstate commerce.



noun

  1. a highway serving two or more states.
  2. (sometimes initial capital letter) a highway that is part of the nationwide U.S. Interstate Highway System.

interstate

/ ˈɪntəˌsteɪt /

adjective

  1. between or involving two or more of the states of the US, Australia, etc
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


adverb

  1. to or into another state
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. a motorway crossing between states
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of interstate1

An Americanism dating back to 1835–45; inter- + state
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Example Sentences

The city is in northwest Louisiana, two interstates and five and a half hours from New Orleans.

My first job at that time was as a waitress at a Waffle House on the side of the interstate.

Both vehicles were struck by a Ram pickup truck traveling on the ramp to reach the interstate.

Jennifer McCord, spokeswoman for the Virginia Department of Transportation, said the agency focused on interstates and primary roads Sunday.

So, after a few reflective moments, Franklin pulled the U-Haul back onto the interstate and told himself he had done what’s right.

It dropped six feet on the city and left five dead and more than 100 trapped in homes and cars on the interstate.

In the 20th century, interstate highways provided the distribution networks for big-box retailers like Walmart.

That was the distance from the arena to the interstate, which, in theory, could remain open during the debate.

But he was said also to love roaring up Interstate 280 in a souped-up Porsche every now and then.

She soon left, got in her car, and drove home on Interstate 84.

The control of foreign and interstate commerce was left entirely to the individual states.

Accordingly a trade package of the material which had passed into interstate commerce was purchased.

In numerous bridge and dam acts Congress has used the broad power and imposed conditions in no way related to interstate commerce.

To prevent friction over the interpretation of the Interstate agreement, a board of arbitration and conciliation was established.

Such a board of arbitration and conciliation was provided for in all of the Interstate agreements of the period of the eighties.

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