intercity
English
Adjective
intercity (not comparable)
- Between cities; connecting cities with other cities.
- I plan to catch an intercity train, or bus.
- 2013 June 1, “Ideas coming down the track”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, page 13 (Technology Quarterly):
- A “moving platform” scheme […] is more technologically ambitious than maglev trains even though it relies on conventional rails. Local trains would use side-by-side rails to roll alongside intercity trains and allow passengers to switch trains by stepping through docking bays.
Alternative forms
Translations
between cities
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See also
References
- “intercity”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌɪn.tərˈsɪ.ti/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: in‧ter‧ci‧ty
Synonyms
- intercitytrein
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /in.tɛrˈsi.ti/
- Rhymes: -iti
- Syllabification: in‧ter‧ci‧ty
Noun
intercity n (indeclinable)
- (rail transport) InterCity train (long-distance passenger train in Europe)
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