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(adjective) happening or arising or located within some limits or especially surface; "internal organs"; "internal mechanism of a toy"; "internal party maneuvering" |
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Antonyms: external |
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(satellite adjective) occurring within an institution or community; "intragroup squabbling within the corporation" |
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Synonyms: intragroup |
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(satellite adjective) innermost or essential; "the inner logic of Cubism"; "the internal contradictions of the theory"; "the intimate structure of matter" |
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Synonyms: inner, intimate |
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(satellite adjective) located inward; "Beethoven's manuscript looks like a bloody record of a tremendous inner battle"- Leonard Bernstein; "she thinks she has no soul, no interior life, but the truth is that she has no access to it"- David Denby; "an internal sense of rightousness"- A.R.Gurney,Jr. |
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Synonyms: inner, interior |
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(satellite adjective) inside the country; "the British Home Office has broader responsibilities than the United States Department of the Interior"; "the nation's internal politics" |
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Synonyms: home, interior, national |
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