adj
Meaning 1
Of or situated on the inside.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- We saw the internal compartments of the machine.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
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Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ɪnˈtɜː.nəl/
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General-American: /ɪnˈtɜɹ.nəl/
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South-Asia: /ɪnˈʈər.nəl/
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South-Asia: /ˈɪn.ʈə.nəl/
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South-Asia: [ɪɳ.ʈɜ(ː)(ɾ).nəl]
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rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)nəl
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adj
Meaning 2
Of or situated on the inside.
Within the body.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, sciences
Examples
- Her bleeding was internal.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Of or situated on the inside.
Concerned with the domestic affairs of a nation, state or other political community.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The nation suffered from internal conflicts.
- the minister of internal affairs
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 4
Of or situated on the inside.
Concerned with the non-public affairs of a company or other organisation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- An internal investigation was conducted.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 5
Of or situated on the inside.
Present or arising within an organism or one of its parts.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences
Examples
- an internal stimulus
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 6
Of or situated on the inside.
Applied or intended for application through the stomach by being swallowed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, pharmacology, sciences
Examples
- an internal remedy
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 7
Experienced in one's mind; inner rather than expressed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- internal feelings
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 8
Of the inner nature of a thing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: intrinsic, inherent
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 9
Attending a university as well as taking its examinations.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK
Topics: education
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 10
happening or arising or located within some limits or especially surface
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- internal organs
- internal mechanism of a toy
- internal party maneuvering
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: external
adjective satellite
Meaning 11
located inward- Leonard Bernstein- David Denby- A.R.Gurney,Jr.
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Beethoven's manuscript looks like a bloody record of a tremendous inner battle
- she thinks she has no soul, no interior life, but the truth is that she has no access to it
- an internal sense of rightousness
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: inner, interior
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 12
inside the country
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the British Home Office has broader responsibilities than the United States Department of the Interior
- the nation's internal politics
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: home(a), interior(a), national
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 13
occurring within an institution or community
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- intragroup squabbling within the corporation
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: intragroup
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 14
innermost or essential
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the inner logic of Cubism
- the internal contradictions of the theory
- the intimate structure of matter
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: inner, intimate
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Middle English internall, internalle, borrowing from New Latin internālis (“of or pertaining to the inner part”), from internus (“inward, internal”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix). By surface analysis, intern + -al.
Across languages
Translations
111 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: ներքին (nerkʻin) — inside of something
- Basque: barneko — inside of something
- Bulgarian: вътрешен (vǎtrešen) — inside of something
- Catalan: intern — inside of something
- Czech: vnitřní — inside of something
- Danish: indvendig — inside of something
- Danish: intern — inside of something
- Dutch: intern — inside of something
- Dutch: inwendig — inside of something
- Esperanto: interna — inside of something
- Esperanto: ena — inside of something
- Finnish: sisäinen — inside of something
- Finnish: sisä- — inside of something
- Finnish: sisäpuolinen — inside of something
- German: inner — inside of something
- Greek: εσωτερικός (esoterikós) — inside of something
- Hebrew: פנימי (pnimí) — inside of something
- Hindi: आंतरिक (āntrik) — inside of something
- Hungarian: belső — inside of something
- Interlingua: interne — inside of something
- Italian: interno — inside of something
- Kituba: kati — inside of something
- Latin: internus — inside of something
- Latvian: iekšējs — inside of something
- Macedonian: внатрешен (vnatrešen) — inside of something
- Māori: a roto — inside of something
- Māori: o roto — inside of something
- Norwegian Bokmål: intern — inside of something
- Norwegian Nynorsk: intern — inside of something
- Occitan: intèrne — inside of something
- Odia: ଭିତରର (bhitarara) — inside of something
- Persian: درونی (darôni) — inside of something
- Polish: wewnętrzny — inside of something
- Portuguese: interno — inside of something
- Romanian: intern — inside of something
- Russian: вну́тренний (vnútrennij) — inside of something
- Serbo-Croatian: ȉntērnī — inside of something
- Serbo-Croatian: ùnutrašnjī — inside of something
- Spanish: interno — inside of something
- Ottoman Turkish: ایچ (iç) — inside of something
- Ottoman Turkish: داخل (dâhil) — inside of something
- Armenian: ներքին (nerkʻin) — within the body
- Bulgarian: вътрешен (vǎtrešen) — within the body
- Catalan: intern — within the body
- Chinese Mandarin: 體內 /体内 (tǐnèi) — within the body
- Chinese Mandarin: 內 /内 (nèi) — within the body
- Czech: vnitřní — within the body
- Dutch: inwendig — within the body
- Esperanto: interna — within the body
- Finnish: sisäinen — within the body
- French: interne — within the body
- Greek: εσωτερικός (esoterikós) — within the body
- Hebrew: פנימי (pnimí) — within the body
- Hindi: अंतः (antaḥ) — within the body
- Interlingua: interne — within the body
- Italian: interno — within the body
- Latvian: iekšējs — within the body
- Macedonian: внатрешен (vnatrešen) — within the body
- Māori: a roto o te tinana — within the body
- Māori: o roto o te tinana — within the body
- Norwegian Bokmål: intern — within the body
- Norwegian Nynorsk: intern — within the body
- Persian: درونی (darôni) — within the body
- Persian: داخلی (dâxeli) — within the body
- Polish: wewnętrzny — within the body
- Portuguese: interno — within the body
- Serbo-Croatian: ȉntērnī — within the body
- Serbo-Croatian: ùnutārnjī — within the body
- Spanish: interno — within the body
- Ottoman Turkish: ایچ (iç) — within the body
- Ottoman Turkish: داخل (dâhil) — within the body
- Armenian: ներքին (nerkʻin) — concerned with the domestic affairs of a nation, state etc.
- Bulgarian: вътрешен (vǎtrešen) — concerned with the domestic affairs of a nation, state etc.
- Catalan: intern — concerned with the domestic affairs of a nation, state etc.
- Czech: domácí — concerned with the domestic affairs of a nation, state etc.
- Dutch: binnenlands — concerned with the domestic affairs of a nation, state etc.
- Esperanto: interna — concerned with the domestic affairs of a nation, state etc.
- Finnish: sisäinen — concerned with the domestic affairs of a nation, state etc.
- Finnish: sisä- — concerned with the domestic affairs of a nation, state etc.
- Greek: εσωτερικός (esoterikós) — concerned with the domestic affairs of a nation, state etc.
- Hebrew: פנימי (pnimí) — concerned with the domestic affairs of a nation, state etc.
- Hindi: आंतरिक (āntrik) — concerned with the domestic affairs of a nation, state etc.
- Italian: interno — concerned with the domestic affairs of a nation, state etc.
- Latvian: iekšējs — concerned with the domestic affairs of a nation, state etc.
- Macedonian: внатрешен (vnatrešen) — concerned with the domestic affairs of a nation, state etc.
- Māori: taiwhenua — concerned with the domestic affairs of a nation, state etc.
- Portuguese: interno — concerned with the domestic affairs of a nation, state etc.
- Serbo-Croatian: ȉntērnī — concerned with the domestic affairs of a nation, state etc.
- Serbo-Croatian: ùnutrašnjī — concerned with the domestic affairs of a nation, state etc.
- Spanish: interior — concerned with the domestic affairs of a nation, state etc.
- Spanish: interno — concerned with the domestic affairs of a nation, state etc.
- Urdu: اندرونی (andrūnī) — concerned with the domestic affairs of a nation, state etc.
- Armenian: ներքին (nerkʻin) — concerned with the non-public affairs of a company or other organisation
- Bulgarian: вътрешен (vǎtrešen) — concerned with the non-public affairs of a company or other organisation
- Catalan: intern — concerned with the non-public affairs of a company or other organisation
- Dutch: intern — concerned with the non-public affairs of a company or other organisation
- Esperanto: interna — concerned with the non-public affairs of a company or other organisation
- Finnish: sisäinen — concerned with the non-public affairs of a company or other organisation
- Greek: εσωτερικός (esoterikós) — concerned with the non-public affairs of a company or other organisation
- Hebrew: פנימי (pnimí) — concerned with the non-public affairs of a company or other organisation
- Hindi: आंतरिक (āntrik) — concerned with the non-public affairs of a company or other organisation
- Italian: interno — concerned with the non-public affairs of a company or other organisation
- Italian: privato — concerned with the non-public affairs of a company or other organisation
- Latvian: iekšējs — concerned with the non-public affairs of a company or other organisation
- Macedonian: интерен (interen) — concerned with the non-public affairs of a company or other organisation
- Norwegian Bokmål: intern — concerned with the non-public affairs of a company or other organisation
- Norwegian Nynorsk: intern — concerned with the non-public affairs of a company or other organisation
- Portuguese: interno — concerned with the non-public affairs of a company or other organisation
- Serbo-Croatian: ȉntērnī — concerned with the non-public affairs of a company or other organisation
- Serbo-Croatian: ùnutrašnjī — concerned with the non-public affairs of a company or other organisation
- Urdu: اندرونی (andrūnī) — concerned with the non-public affairs of a company or other organisation
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