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interior

UK/ɪnˈtɪə.ɹɪ.ə/US/ɪnˈtɪ.ɹi.ɚ/
adjectiveC12 meaningsCommon in everyday speech and writing · #3,607 of 15,258leans written

Other forms: interiors

Interior means on or belonging to the inside. Interior design, the interior wall, the country's interior.

In geography it means the inland part of a country, far from the coast. In many countries the Ministry of the Interior handles policing and internal security, which is why the name appears in news about protests. The Latin is the comparative of a word meaning within.

Definitions of interior

  1. 1adjectiveinteriorOn or belonging to the inside.C1

    “We painted the interior doors white to make the hall look bigger.”

  2. 2nouninlandThe inland part of a country.C1

    “The explorers left the coast and headed into the dry interior of the country.”

interior is a position inside.

Also accepted in games: internal

Where it comes from

Latin interior is the comparative of a form meaning within, from inter, between. Internal is a relative.

  1. Latin

    interior — inner, interior

  2. English, today

    interior

From Latin interior (“inner, interior”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

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