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- [adjective in-ter-steyt; noun in-ter-steyt]
- /adjective ˌɪn tərˈsteɪt; noun ˈɪn tərˌsteɪt/
- /ˌɪn.təˈsteɪt/
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- [adjective in-ter-steyt; noun in-ter-steyt]
- /adjective ˌɪn tərˈsteɪt; noun ˈɪn tərˌsteɪt/
Definitions of interstate word
- adjective interstate connecting or involving different states: interstate commerce. 1
- noun interstate a highway serving two or more states. 1
- noun interstate (sometimes initial capital letter) a highway that is part of the nationwide U.S. Interstate Highway System. 1
- noun interstate Existing or carried on between states. 1
- adjective interstate between states 1
- noun interstate motorway between states 1
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Origin of interstate
First appearance:
before 1835 One of the 34% newest English words
An Americanism dating back to 1835-45; inter- + state
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Parts of speech for Interstate
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adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
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interstate popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 77% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
interstate usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for interstate
noun interstate
- freeway — an express highway with no intersections, usually having traffic routed on and off by means of a cloverleaf.
- turnpike — a high-speed highway, especially one maintained by tolls.
- superhighway — a highway designed for travel at high speeds, having more than one lane for each direction of traffic, a safety strip dividing the two directions, and cloverleaves to route the traffic on and off the highway. Compare expressway.
- thruway — a limited-access toll highway providing a means of direct transportation between distant areas for high-speed automobile traffic.
- parkway — a broad thoroughfare with a dividing strip or side strips planted with grass, trees, etc.
adj interstate
- communal — Communal means relating to particular groups in a country or society.
- civil — You use civil to describe events that happen within a country and that involve the different groups of people in it.
- domestic — of or relating to the home, the household, household affairs, or the family: domestic pleasures.
- governmental — the political direction and control exercised over the actions of the members, citizens, or inhabitants of communities, societies, and states; direction of the affairs of a state, community, etc.; political administration: Government is necessary to the existence of civilized society.
- internal — situated or existing in the interior of something; interior.
adjective interstate
- regional — of or relating to a region of considerable extent; not merely local: a regional meeting of the Boy Scouts.
- national — of, relating to, or maintained by a nation as an organized whole or independent political unit: national affairs.
- administrative — Administrative work involves organizing and supervising an organization or institution.
- judicial — pertaining to judgment in courts of justice or to the administration of justice: judicial proceedings; the judicial system.
- ethnic — Of or relating to a population subgroup (within a larger or dominant national or cultural group) with a common national or cultural tradition.
Antonyms for interstate
noun interstate
- freeway — an express highway with no intersections, usually having traffic routed on and off by means of a cloverleaf.
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