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| 1. | [ adjective ] located inward | |
| Synonyms: | internal interior | |
| Examples: | "Beethoven's manuscript looks like a bloody record of a tremendous inner battle"- Leonard Bernstein "she thinks she has no soul, no interior life, but the truth is that she has no access to it"- David Denby |
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| Related terms: | inward | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] located or occurring within or closer to a center | |
| Examples: | "an inner room" |
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| Related terms: | outer central inmost inside position | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] innermost or essential | |
| Synonyms: | intimate internal | |
| Examples: | "the inner logic of Cubism" "the internal contradictions of the theory" "the intimate structure of matter" |
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| Related terms: | intrinsic | |
| 4. | [ adjective ] confined to an exclusive or group | |
| Synonyms: | privileged inside | |
| Examples: | "privy to inner knowledge" "inside information" privileged information" |
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| Related terms: | exclusive | |
| 5. | [ adjective ] exclusive to a center; especially a center of influence | |
| Examples: | "inner regions of the organization" "inner circles of government" |
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| Related terms: | exclusive | |
| 6. | [ adjective ] (anatomy) inside or closer to the inside of the body | |
| Examples: | "the inner ear" |
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| Related terms: | anatomy internal | |
| Similar spelling: |
inr inhere inure inmarry |
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