outstate

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adjective

Of the part of a state of the United States that is away from major metropolitan areas.

“I go outstate to spend time in nature.”

OriginEnglish state ← Middle English stat ← Old French estat →
UncommonScrabble 8
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Meanings

adjectiveoutstate (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOf the part of a state of the United States that is away from major metropolitan areas.

    In Minnesota, an anticipated reduction of world trade by 15% to 33% threatens not just individual companies, but communities, especially in the outstate area, he said.

    2020 August 10, Jim Spencer, “Minnesota exports drop 17% because of the coronavirus”, in Minneapolis Star Tribune
adverboutstate (not comparable)
  1. not comparableTo a part of a state of the United States away from major metropolitan areas.

    I go outstate to spend time in nature.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úd
  2. Proto-Germanic*ūt
  3. Proto-Germanic*ūt-
  4. Old Englishūt-
  5. Middle Englishut-
  6. Englishout-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*stéh₂-tu-s ~ *sth₂-téw-s
  9. Proto-Italic*status
  10. Latinstatu
  11. Old Frenchestat
  12. Middle Englishstat
  13. Englishstate
  14. Englishoutstate

From out- + state.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

outstate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outstate

MLA

“outstate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outstate. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “outstate,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outstate.

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