English adjective: internal | |||
1. | internal happening or arising or located within some limits or especially surface | ||
Samples | Internal organs. Internal mechanism of a toy. Internal party maneuvering. | ||
Similar | inner, interior, internecine, intrinsic | ||
See also | inside | ||
Attribute | position, spatial relation | ||
Antonyms | external | ||
2. | internal occurring within an institution or community | ||
Samples | Intragroup squabbling within the corporation. | ||
Synonyms | intragroup | ||
Similar | intramural | ||
Antonyms | extramural | ||
3. | internal inside the country | ||
Samples | The British Home Office has broader responsibilities than the United States Department of the Interior. The nation's internal politics. | ||
Synonyms | home, interior, national | ||
Similar | domestic | ||
Antonyms | foreign | ||
4. | internal located inward | ||
Samples | 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. | ||
Synonyms | inner, interior | ||
Similar | inward | ||
Antonyms | outward | ||
5. | internal innermost or essential | ||
Samples | The inner logic of Cubism. The internal contradictions of the theory. The intimate structure of matter. | ||
Synonyms | inner, intimate | ||
Similar | intrinsic, intrinsical | ||
Antonyms | extrinsic | ||