All 9 Uses
interstate
in
Unwind, by Shusterman
(Edited)
- Down by the interstate there's a rest stop where truckers pull off the road for the night.
p. 11.1interstate = a road that runs through more than one state in the United Statesstandard 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 truck has been pulled over to the side of the interstate by two highway patrol cars and a Juveycop unit.
p. 18.2
- As he races onto the interstate, cars swerve around him, but he keeps on going.
p. 18.4
- As they pull onto the interstate, Lev rolls down the window to feel the wind on his face, and closes his eyes to prepare himself.
p. 34.3
- He opens his eyes to see they have stopped on the interstate.
p. 34.6
- On the southbound roadway are policemen who have finally stopped traffic on their side of the interstate, and have made it to the median dividing the north and southbound lanes.
p. 35.8
- He was so freaked out at having tranq'd a cop with his own weapon, he just dropped it and ran—just as he dropped his backpack on the interstate so he could carry Lev.
p. 43.4 *interstate = a road that runs through more than one state in the United Stateseditor's notes: Interstate is short for interstate highway. When a word begins with the prefix, "inter-", the prefix often means between. In this case, an interstate highway is a highway that runs between different states. Though it can refer to any freeway in a place like Hawaii where no major highway connects to another state.
- The headline reads, PILEUP ON INTERSTATE.
p. 58.1interstate = a road that runs through more than one state in the United Statesstandard 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.
- You caused an accident that killed a bus driver, left dozens of others injured, and shut down an interstate highway for hours.
p. 261.5
Definitions:
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(1)
(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)