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in-state

/ˈɪn.steɪt/

in-state adjective: existing or occurring within a single state.

Adjective

in-state (not comparable)

  1. (Australia, India, Malaysia, Nigeria, US, also) Existing or occurring within a single state.
    • in-state travel
    • The Michigan football team’s annual tilt with in-state rival Michigan State will be a 7:30 p.m. ET game.2017 September 26, Rachel Lenzi, “Michigan-Michigan State”, in The Diehards Network, archived from the original on 26 Sep 2017
  2. (Australia, India, Malaysia, Nigeria, US, also) Of or from the state where an institution is located, especially a public or state-funded college or university.
    • an in-state student
    1. (Australia, India, Malaysia, Nigeria, US, also) Applicable to or available to individuals of or from the state.
      • in-state tuition
      • Out-of-state tuition is generally two to three times higher than in-state tuition for each of the years, regardless of institution type.2007, Ronald G. Ehrenberg, What's Happening to Public Education? The Shifting Financial Burden, page 172

Antonyms of in-state

Forms of in-state

alternative forminstate

Origin of in-state

From in + state.

Questions about in-state

What does in-state mean?
In-state means existing or occurring within a single state.
What part of speech is in-state?
In-state is an adjective.
How do you pronounce in-state?
In-state is pronounced /ˈɪn.steɪt/.

Words near in-state in the dictionary

  1. in-service
  2. in-serviced
  3. in-services
  4. in-servicing
  5. in-situ
  6. in-state
  7. in-store picking
  8. in-swinger
  9. in-swingers
  10. in-text
  11. in-toeing

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