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internal

/ɪnˈtɜɹ.nəl/adjective3 syllables

Internal means: happening or arising or located within some limits or especially surface.

Synonyms for internal17

adjective, as in happening or arising or located within some limits or especially surface

inner, interior, internecine, intrinsic, inside

adjective, as in inside the country

home, interior, national, domestic

adjective, as in innermost or essential

inner, intimate, intrinsic, intrinsical

adjective, as in located inward

inner, interior, inward

adjective, as in occurring within an institution or community

intragroup, intramural

also used for internal

inherent, inly, intern, interne

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Opposites of internal

external

What does internal mean?5

adjective

1

happening or arising or located within some limits or especially surface“internal organs”

2

inside the country“the British Home Office has broader responsibilities than the United States Department of the Interior”

3

innermost or essential“the inner logic of Cubism”

4

located inward“Beethoven's manuscript looks like a bloody record of a tremendous inner battle”

5

occurring within an institution or community“intragroup squabbling within the corporation”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with internal?10

three syllables

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Show 40 near rhymes
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Internal in a sentence

  • The most profound changes are internal, not external.Nuel
  • After that, internal temperature begins to climb rapidly.unknown
  • Although the company tried to hush it up, the internal harassment scandal made headlines.bekindtoall
  • Speech is external thought, and thought internal speech.Adelpa
  • That is an internal affair of this country.unknown
  • Algeria needs to deal with its internal crisis.Amastan
  • That country intervened in the internal affairs of our nation.unknown
  • No country should interfere in another country's internal affairs.CM

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