internal
Plural: internals
Adjective
- happening or arising or located within some limits or especially surface
- "internal organs"
- "internal mechanism of a toy"
- "internal party maneuvering"
Adjective Satellite
- occurring within an institution or community
- inside the country
- "the nation's internal politics"
- located inward; - Leonard Bernstein; - David Denby; - A.R.Gurney,Jr.
- "an internal sense of rightousness"
- innermost or essential
- "the internal contradictions of the theory"
Adj
- Of or situated on the inside.
- Of or situated on the inside.
- Within the body.
- Of or situated on the inside.
- Concerned with the domestic affairs of a nation, state or other political community.
- Of or situated on the inside.
- Concerned with the non-public affairs of a company or other organisation.
- Of or situated on the inside.
- Present or arising within an organism or one of its parts.
- Of or situated on the inside.
- Applied or intended for application through the stomach by being swallowed.
- Experienced in one's mind; inner rather than expressed.
- Of the inner nature of a thing.
- Attending a university as well as taking its examinations.
Noun
- An inherent, inner quality or attribute.
Examples
- An internal investigation was conducted.
- an internal remedy
- an internal stimulus
- Her bleeding was internal.
- Her INTERNALS, like a strong vocabulary and strategic mind, made her a formidable Words With Friends opponent.
- internal feelings
- the minister of internal affairs
- The nation suffered from internal conflicts.
- We saw the internal compartments of the machine.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English internall, internalle, borrowing from New Latin internālis (“of or pertaining to the inner part”), from internus (“inward, internal”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix). By surface analysis, intern + -al.
Synonyms
home, inner, interior, intimate, intragroup, national, inherent, inly, intern, interne, intrinsic
Scrabble Score: 8
internal: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordinternal: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
internal: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary