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- pronunciation:
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tuhr
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- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Explorer, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
located on the inside; inner.
I don't know much about the internal mechanisms of the computer.- synonyms:
- inner, inside, interior, inward
- antonyms:
- external
- similar words:
- central, indoor, inmost, innermost
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| definition 2: |
of or pertaining to the inside of a body.
The stomach and liver are internal organs.You need a doctor who specializes in internal medicine.There were no cuts, but there was some internal bleeding.
- similar words:
- interior, intestinal, visceral
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| definition 3: |
pertaining to the domestic affairs of a country.
The president has been criticized for focusing too much attention on foreign affairs and not enough on internal problems facing the people.Members of the government considered the problem an internal matter and resented outside intervention.- synonyms:
- domestic, national
- antonyms:
- external, foreign
- similar words:
- civil, interior, state
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| definition 4: |
pertaining to the inner life of a person.
Isn't your internal life more important than your material existence?- synonyms:
- inner, personal, private
- antonyms:
- external, outward
- similar words:
- emotional, inmost, innermost, interior, intimate, mental, psychic, psychological, spiritual
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(adj.)internal
+ noun
affair,
alpha,
artery,
attribution,
audit,
auditor,
battery,
boundary,
canal,
cause,
clock,
code,
coefficient,
coherence,
cohesion,
colonialism,
combustion,
conflict,
consistency,
constraint,
contradiction,
control,
criteria,
debate,
dialogue,
dispute,
dissension,
dissent,
division,
document,
drive,
dynamics,
e-mail,
engine,
estimate,
evaluation,
exile,
factor,
fixation,
focalization,
format,
frame,
imagery,
injury,
investigation,
locus,
logic,
mechanism,
medicine,
memo,
memorandum,
migrant,
migration,
modem,
motivation,
opposition,
organ,
orientation,
politics,
pressure,
quotation,
reflection,
reliability,
representation,
revenue,
review,
rotation,
security,
service,
stability,
strife,
structure,
struggle,
temperature,
tension,
thigh,
threat,
turmoil,
validity,
vein,
weakness,
working
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| derivation: |
internally (adv.) |
The word internal
contains the following part:
-al2, -ial, -ual
Latin
adjective-forming suffix
that means pertaining to
  More about this word part:
The suffix -al2, -ial
attaches primarily to nouns ( national
, environmental
) but sometimes to Latin or Greek roots ( final
, capital
, comical
) to form adjectives. See also -ar1.
Example words:
abnormal, accidental, additional, aerial, agricultural, ancestral, annual, arboreal, artificial, astral, bacterial, biblical, biographical, brutal, capital, central, ceremonial, chemical, classical, clinical, coastal, colonial, comical, commercial, confidential, constitutional, continental, continual, controversial, conventional, criminal, critical, crucial, cultural, cylindrical, dental, detrimental, developmental, economical, editorial, educational, electrical, emotional, environmental, essential, equal, exceptional, experimental, facial, factual, federal, final, financial, floral, fluvial, formal, functional, fundamental, general, global, grammatical, guttural, habitual, historical, hysterical, illogical, immoral, impersonal, impractical, individual, industrial, ineffectual, influential, internal, legal, local, logical, lyrical, magical, maniacal, mathematical, memorial, mental, moral, mortal, musical, mythical, national, natural, nautical, neutral, normal, official, parental, pastoral, personal, philosophical, plural, pluralism, pluralistic, political, potential, quizzical, racial, rational, regional, irrational, intellectual, rhythmical, sacrificial, seasonal, spinal, spiritual, technological, territorial, theatrical, thermal, tidal, traditional, tribal, typical, universal, unnatural, veridical, verbal, virtual, vocal, visual
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