All 5 Uses of
interstate
in
Cujo
- Probably at this very moment Lisa, who was beautiful, just twenty-one, and almost totally breastless, was entering the Interstate flow of traffic, bound south to Old Orchard or the Hamptons, dressed in tight jeans and a nothing halter.†
standard prefix: When a word begins with the prefix, "inter-", the prefix often means between. In this case, interstate means between different states. Interstate is often used as an abbreviation for interstate highway, a highway that runs between states. It has also come to mean freeway in a place like Hawaii where no major highway connects to another state.
- He drove up 117 to 302 and followed that road to its intersection with Interstate 95 in Portland.†
- He took an Interstate time-and-toll ticket and rolled south.†
- It would he one hell of a note if your people turned up just fine and you got yourself killed on the Interstate coming up here.†
- Their positions were very similar: the awkward sleeping positions of those forced to spend long hours on interstate buses.†
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Definition:
freeway, or highway that runs between states
or:
relating to the mutual relations between states -- especially of the United States
or:
relating to the mutual relations between states -- especially of the United States
Note that interstate is often contrasted with intrastate. An intrastate highway is used to move from one location in a state to another, rather than to move between states. Similarly, interstate commerce is business between states; whereas intrastate commerce affects a state without affecting other states. Under the U.S. Constitution, the interstate/intrastate distinction is important when determining when the federal government has authority to override state government.