interstate

connecting different states: interstate commerce; a highway serving more than one state: the U.S. Interstate Highway System

Not to be confused with:

intestate – said of a person who dies without having made a will: No one knows who her heirs should be because she died intestate.

intrastate – operating within the boundaries of a state: intrastate companies

in·ter·state

(ĭn′tər-stāt′)

adj.

Involving, existing between, or connecting two or more states.

One of a national system of expressways connecting major population centers in the United States.

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interstate

(ˈɪntəˌsteɪt)

adj

(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) between or involving two or more of the states of the US, Australia, etc

adv

Austral to or into another state

(Civil Engineering) US a motorway crossing between states

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in•ter•state

(adj. ˌɪn tərˈsteɪt; n. ˈɪn tərˌsteɪt)

adj.

1. connecting or involving different states.

2. (sometimes cap.) a highway that is part of the nationwide U.S. Interstate Highway System.

[1835–45, Amer.]

interstate

- A highway that is part of the federal network of major roads; despite their name, some interstates do not cross state lines.

interstate

[ˌɪntəˈsteɪt] ADJ [relations, commerce] → interestatal, entre estados (US) [highway] → interestatal

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interstate

adj (US) → zwischen den (US-Bundes)staaten, zwischenstaatlich; interstate highway → (Bundes)autobahn f, → Interstate Highway m

n (US) → (Bundes)autobahn f, → Interstate (Highway) m

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interstate

[ˌɪntəˈsteɪt] adj → fra stati

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or swine, or the packing of any of their products, the carcasses or products of which are to become subjects of interstate or foreign commerce, shall make application to the Secretary of Agriculture for inspection of said animals and their products....

No microscopic examination will be made of hogs slaughtered for interstate trade, but this examination shall be confined to those intended for the export trade.)

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"It's on record, your position on interstate commerce regulation, on regulation of the railway trust and Standard Oil, on the conservation of the forests, on a thousand and one restrictive measures that are nothing else than socialistic."

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Ron Granville, VP / GM, Residential & Commercial Services, Interstate Van Lines, Inc.

Interstate Moving / Relocation / Logistics

10 April 2019 - Montana, US-based bank holding company First Interstate BancSystem, Inc.

First Interstate BancSystem Closes Acquisition of Idaho Independent Bank

Immediately following the transaction, CMYF was merged into First Interstate Bank, with First Interstate Bank as the resulting institution.

First Interstate BancSystem completes Community 1st Bank acquisition

Immediately following the transaction, IIBK was merged into First Interstate Bank, with First Interstate Bank as the surviving institution.

First Interstate BancSystem completes Idaho Independent Bank acquisition

The Mississippi Department of Transportation says officials will gather that morning to cut the ribbon on the final stretch of Interstate 269 in DeSoto County.

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Tony Mercurio, President and CEO of National Interstate, said, "We appreciate A.M.

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Noun	1.	interstate - one of the system of highways linking major cities in the 48 contiguous states of the United States interstate highway highway, main road - a major road for any form of motor transport
Adj.	1.	interstate - involving and relating to the mutual relations of states especially of the United States; "Interstate Highway Commission"; "interstate highways"; "Interstate Commerce Commission"; "interstate commerce" intrastate - relating to or existing within the boundaries of a state; "intrastate as well as interstate commerce"