interstate

== 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/, /ˈɪnɚˌsteɪt/, [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). ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== === Noun === interstate (plural interstates) (US) A freeway that is part of the Interstate Highway System. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== == Latin == === Verb === interstāte second-person plural present active imperative of interstō