internal
pronunciation
How to pronounce internal in British English:
UK [ɪnˈtɜːnl]
How to pronounce internal in American English:
US [ɪnˈtɜːrnl]
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- Adjective:
- happening or arising or located within some limits or especially surface
- occurring within an institution or community
- inside the country
- located inward
- innermost or essential
Word Origin
- internal (adj.)
- early 15c., from Medieval Latin internalis, from Latin internus "within, inward, internal," figuratively "domestic," expanded from pre-Latin *interos, *interus "on the inside, inward," from PIE *en-ter- (cognates: Old Church Slavonic anter, Sanskrit antar "within, between," Old High German unter "between," and the "down" sense of Old English under); suffixed (comparative) form of *en "in" (see in). Meaning "of or pertaining to the domestic affairs of a country (as in internal revenue) is from 1795. Internal combustion first recorded 1884. Related: Internally.
Antonym
Example
- 1. Minimize both internal and external distractions .
- 2. China must redirect economic growth towards internal private consumption .
- 3. Your amygdala drives that fear , but internal disagreement overcomes it .
- 4. Maybe what we really need is an internal revolution .
- 5. Horrible symptoms include fever , internal bleeding and liver failure .