Internal Connected Adjective Bre ɪnˈtɜːnl ɪnˈtɜːrnl Structure Building

• the internal structure of a building
• internal doors
• internal organs/injuries
• the medicine is not for internal use.

internal

1. connected with the inside of something
• opposite external
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/external
• the internal structure of a building
• internal doors
2. connected with the inside of your body
• opposite external
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/external
• internal organs/injuries
• The medicine is not for internal use.
3. involving or concerning only the people who are part of a particular organization rather than people from outside it
• opposite external
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/external
• an internal inquiry
• the internal workings of government
• internal divisions within the company
4. connected with a country’s own affairs rather than those that involve other countries
• synonym domestic
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/domestic_1
• internal affairs/trade/markets
• an internal flight (= within a country)
5. coming from within a thing itself rather than from outside it
• a theory which lacks internal consistency (= whose parts are not in agreement with each other)
• Some photos contain internal evidence (= fashions, transport, etc.) that may help to date them.
6. happening or existing in your mind
• synonym inner
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/inner
• internal rage

Extra Examples

• He accused the US of trying to interfere in his country’s internal affairs.
• Nations should be left to resolve their own internal difficulties.
• She was on an internal flight from London to Manchester.
• The civil war led to considerable internal migration.

Word Origin

• early 16th cent. (in the sense ‘intrinsic’): from modern Latin internalis, from Latin internus ‘inward, internal’.