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interstate
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The Road, by McCarthy
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- At times they could see stretches of the interstate highway below them through the bare stands of secondgrowth timber.†
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.
- The long concrete sweeps of the interstate exchanges like the ruins of a vast funhouse against the distant murk.†
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- Along the interstate in the distance long lines of charred and rusting cars.†
Definitions:
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(interstate as in: interstate commerce) freeway, or highway that runs between states
or:
relating to the mutual relations between states -- especially of the United StatesNote 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. - (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)