- [only before noun] connected with the inside of something
- the internal structure of a building
- internal doors
- [only before noun] connected with the inside of your body
- internal organs
- internal bleeding/injuries
- The medicine is not for internal use.
- [usually before noun] involving or affecting only the people who are part of a particular organization rather than people from outside it
- The company has launched an internal investigation into the claims.
- an internal inquiry/review/audit
- an internal memo/document
- Does the bank to have adequate records, systems and internal controls?
- the internal workings of government
- internal divisions within the company
- [only before noun] connected with a country’s own affairs rather than those that involve other countries synonym domestic
- He accused the US of trying to interfere in his country's internal affairs.
- an alleged threat to the country's internal security
- an internal flight (= within a country)
Extra Examples- 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.
- coming from within a thing itself rather than from outside it
- a theory that 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.
- happening or existing in your mind synonym inner
- She struggled with her own internal conflicts.
- internal struggles/strife
Word Originearly 16th cent. (in the sense ‘intrinsic’): from modern Latin internalis, from Latin internus ‘inward, internal’.
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