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out-of-state

out-of-state adjective: of, pertaining to, or originating in another state.

Adjective

out-of-state (not comparable)

  1. (Australia, India, Malaysia, Nigeria, US, also) Of, pertaining to, or originating in another state
    • out-of-state plates
  2. (Australia, India, Malaysia, Nigeria, US, also) Available to individuals from another state; available to individuals not from the current or relevant state
    • 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 out-of-state

Words formed from out-of-state

Questions about out-of-state

What does out-of-state mean?
Out-of-state means of, pertaining to, or originating in another state.
What part of speech is out-of-state?
Out-of-state is an adjective.

Words near out-of-state in the dictionary

  1. out-of-process
  2. out-of-school learning
  3. out-of-school suspension
  4. out-of-school suspensions
  5. out-of-service
  6. out-of-state
  7. out-of-stater
  8. out-of-staters
  9. out-of-the-body
  10. out-of-the-body experience
  11. out-of-the-body experiences

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