English Online Dictionary. What means interstate? What does interstate mean?
English
Alternative forms
- (freeway that is part of the Interstate Highway System): I, IH (Texas), IR (Ohio; rare), Int. (obsolete), ISR (obsolete)
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.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɪntɚˌsteɪt/, [ˈɪɾ̃ɚˌsteɪ̯t]
Adjective
interstate (not comparable)
- (chiefly US and Australia) Of, or relating to two or more states.
- Coordinate terms: state ((attributively)), intrastate, intraprovincial; interprovincial; federal; federated; national, nationwide, countrywide; suprastate, supranational; international, transnational, intercountry, continental, transcontinental, intercontinental
Derived terms
- interstate compact
Adverb
interstate (not comparable)
- (chiefly US and Australia) Crossing states (usually provincial state, but also e.g. multinational sense).
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Noun
interstate (plural interstates)
- (US) A freeway that is part of the Interstate Highway System.
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Latin
Verb
interstāte
- second-person plural present active imperative of interstō