interstate
/ˈɪntɚˌsteɪt/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.99 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
Crossing states (usually provincial state, but also e.g. multinational sense).
Australian usage; American usage
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "The truck driver drove interstate to unload."
- "The speed-limit increase would not apply to Delaware, where the interstates are all near populated areas."
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.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈɪntɚˌsteɪt/
Usage
- Australian usage
- American usage
Inflected Forms
I (alternative)
IH (alternative)
IR (alternative)
Int. (alternative)
ISR (alternative)
interstates (plural)