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interior

located inside: The interior of the building is well lit.; inner: She looks fragile but she has an inner strength.

Not to be confused with:

anterior – located in front; situated before or at the front of; fore (opposed to posterior); going before in time or sequence; preceding; earlier: events anterior to the outbreak of war

exterior – external, outer; originating or acting from the outside; being on the outer side: the exterior surface; suitable for outdoor use: exterior paint; outward form or appearance: She has a calm exterior, but inside she is frightened.

in·te·ri·or

(ĭn-tîr′ē-ər)

adj.

1. Of, relating to, or located on the inside; inner.

2. Of or relating to one's mental or spiritual being: "She thinks she has no soul, no interior life, but the truth is that she has no access to it" (David Denby).

3. Situated away from a coast or border; inland.

1. The internal portion or area.

2. One's mental or spiritual life.

3. The inland part of a political or geographic entity.

4. The internal affairs of a country or nation.

5. A representation of the inside of a building or room, as in a photograph.

[Ultimately Latin, comparative adj. of inter, between; see en in Indo-European roots.]

in·te′ri·or′i·ty (-ôr′ĭ-tē, -ŏr′-) n.

in·te′ri·or·ly adv.

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interior

(ɪnˈtɪərɪə)

1. a part, surface, or region that is inside or on the inside: the interior of Africa.

2. inner character or nature

3. (Film) a film or scene shot inside a building, studio, etc

4. (Art Terms) a picture of the inside of a room or building, as in a painting or stage design

5. (Building) the inside of a building or room, with respect to design and decoration

adj

6. of, situated on, or suitable for the inside; inner

7. coming or acting from within; internal

8. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) of or involving a nation's domestic affairs; internal

9. (esp of one's spiritual or mental life) secret or private; not observable

[C15: from Latin (adj), comparative of inter within]

inˈteriorly adv

Interior

(ɪnˈtɪərɪə)

(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) the Interior (in titles) the domestic or internal affairs of any of certain countries: Department of the Interior.

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in•te•ri•or

(ɪnˈtɪər i ər)

adj.

1. situated or being within or inside; internal; inner: an interior room of a house.

2. of or pertaining to that which is within: an interior view.

3. situated well inland from the coast or border.

4. domestic: interior trade.

5. private or hidden.

6. of the mind or soul; mental or spiritual: the interior life.

7. the internal or inner part; space or regions within; inside.

8. the inside of a building, apartment, or room.

9. a pictorial representation of the inside of a room or building.

10. the inland parts of a region, country, etc.

11. the domestic affairs of a country as distinguished from its foreign affairs: the Department of the Interior.

12. the inner or inward nature or character of anything.

[1480–90; < Latin: further in]

in•te`ri•or′i•ty (-ˈɔr ɪ ti, -ˈɒr-) n.

in•te′ri•or•ly, adv.

interior

– internal

1. 'interior'

The interior of a building or vehicle is the inside part of it.

...the fire that destroyed the interior of the Savoy Theatre.

The car's interior was becoming stuffy.

Interior is often used as an adjective in front of a noun to refer to an inside part of a building or vehicle.

The interior walls were coated with green mould.

I put the interior light on and looked at her.

2. 'internal'

You do not usually use 'interior' to refer to the inside parts of other things. Instead you use internal.

A pig's internal organs match our own in size and weight.

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Noun	1.	interior - the region that is inside of something inside midland - the interior part of a country midst, thick - the location of something surrounded by other things; "in the midst of the crowd" penetralia - the innermost parts region, part - the extended spatial location of something; "the farming regions of France"; "religions in all parts of the world"; "regions of outer space"
	2.	interior - the inner or enclosed surface of something inside belly - the hollow inside of something; "in the belly of the ship" surface - the extended two-dimensional outer boundary of a three-dimensional object; "they skimmed over the surface of the water"; "a brush small enough to clean every dental surface"; "the sun has no distinct surface"
	3.	Interior - the United States federal department charged with conservation and the development of natural resources; created in 1849 Department of the Interior, DoI, Interior Department executive department - a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States FWS, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, US Fish and Wildlife Service - an agency in the Department of the Interior that conserves and protects fish and wildlife and their habitats; assesses the environmental impact of pesticides and nuclear power site and hydroelectric dams and thermal pollution National Park Service - an agency of the Interior Department responsible for the national parks
Adj.	1.	interior - situated within or suitable for inside a building; "an interior scene"; "interior decoration"; "an interior bathroom without windows" indoor - located, suited for, or taking place within a building; "indoor activities for a rainy day"; "an indoor pool" exterior - situated in or suitable for the outdoors or outside of a building; "an exterior scene"; "exterior grade plywood"; "exterior paints"
	2.	interior - inside the country; "the British Home Office has broader responsibilities than the United States Department of the Interior"; "the nation's internal politics" home, internal, national domestic - of concern to or concerning the internal affairs of a nation; "domestic issues such as tax rate and highway construction"
	3.	interior - located inward; "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; "an internal sense of rightousness"- A.R.Gurney,Jr. inner, internal inward - relating to or existing in the mind or thoughts; "a concern with inward reflections"
	4.	interior - inside and toward a center; "interior regions of the earth" internal - happening or arising or located within some limits or especially surface; "internal organs"; "internal mechanism of a toy"; "internal party maneuvering"
	5.	interior - of or coming from the middle of a region or country; "upcountry districts" midland, upcountry inland - situated away from an area's coast or border

interior

noun

1. inside, centre, heart, middle, contents, depths, core, belly, nucleus, bowels, bosom, innards (informal) The boat's interior badly needed painting.

2. (Geography) heartland, centre, hinterland, upcountry a 5-day hike into the interior

adjective

1. inside, internal, inner He turned on the interior light and examined the map.
inside outside, exterior, external, outer, outward

2. mental, emotional, psychological, private, personal, secret, hidden, spiritual, intimate, inner, inward, instinctive, impulsive the interior life of human beings

3. (Politics) domestic, home, national, civil, internal The French Interior Minister has intervened over the scandal.

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interior

adjective

1. Located inside or farther in:

inlying, inner, inside, internal.

2. Of, relating to, or arising from one's mental or spiritual being:

inner, internal, intimate, inward, visceral.

Slang: gut.

Translations

المنطِقَه الداخليَّه للبلاددَاخِلٌداخِل البِنايَهداخِلي

interiérvnitřekvnitřnívnitrozemí

indreindvendigindland

Innere Innen-...

εσωτερικό

interior

sisussisä-sisämaasisäpuolisisätila

intérieur interne

unutrašnjost

bel-belsőbelterületország belső része

innra borî, hiî innrainnri, innanverîuruppland

interno ministero dell'interno interiore interni

内側

내부

interjerasinterjero apdailainterjero apdailos specialistasšalies giluma

iekšējsiekšieneiekšpuseiekštelpu-iekšzemes-

interieur

indre inni landet innlandet

wnętrze

interior

внутренность интерьер

notranjinotranjost

inredning

ภายใน

içiç kısımiç kısım/tarafdahilî

nội thất

内部内部的内地

interior

[ɪnˈtɪərɪəʳ]

A. ADJ

1. (= inside) [door, wall, decor] → interior

2. (Geog) (= central) → interior

3. (Pol) (= domestic) [affairs] → interno; [minister, department] → del interior

4. (frm) (= inner) [life, world] → interior; [thoughts] → íntimo

B. N

1. (= inside) [of building, container, car] → interior m

2. (Geog) (= centre) the interior → el interior (of de)

3. (Pol) (in titles) Minister of the Interior → Ministro/a m/f del Interior
Ministry of the Interior → Ministerio m del Interior, Secretaría f de Gobernación (Mex)

C. CPD interior angle N (Math) → ángulo m interno
interior decoration N → interiorismo m
interior decorator N → interiorista mf
interior design N → interiorismo m, decoración f de interiores
interior designer N → interiorista mf
interior light N (in car) → luz f de dentro
interior sprung mattress N → colchón m de muelles

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interior

[ɪnˈtɪəriə^r]

(= inside part) → intérieur m
the boat's interior → l'intérieur du bateau
Flora picked up her handbag and felt into its interior → Flora ramassa son sac à main et en explora l'intérieur.

(= central part) [country, island] → intérieur m
The interior of the island consists largely of swamps → L'intérieur de l'île est constitué en grande partie de marécages. Ministry of the Interior

adj → intérieur(e)interior decoration n → décoration f d'intérieurinterior decorator n → décorateur/trice m/f d'intérieurinterior design n → architecture f d'intérieurinterior designer n → architecte mf d'intérieurInterior Minister Minister of the Interior n → ministre mf de l'Intérieur
the French Interior Minister → le ministre de l'Intérieur français

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interior

adj

(= inside) → Innen-; interior wall → Innenwand f; interior space → Innenraum m; interior light (Aut) → Innenraumbeleuchtung f

(Pol) interior minister → Innenminister(in) m(f); interior ministry → Innenministerium nt

the interior region(s) (of a country) → das Landesinnere

n (of country) → Innere(s) nt; (of house) → Innenausstattung f, → Interieur nt (geh); (Phot) → Innenaufnahme f; deep in the interior → tief im Landesinneren; Department of the Interior (US) → Innenministerium nt; the interior of the house has been newly decorated → das Haus ist innen neu gemacht

interior

interior angle

n → Innenwinkel m

interior decoration

n → Innenausstattung f; (= decor also) → Interieur nt

interior decorator

n → Innenausstatter(in) m(f)

interior design

n → Innenarchitektur f

interior designer

n → Innenarchitekt(in) m(f)

interior monologue

n → innerer Monolog

interior-sprung

adj → Federkern-; interior mattress → Federkernmatratze f

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interior

[ɪnˈtɪərɪəʳ]

1. adj → interno/a; (life, world, monologue) → interiore

2. n → interno; (of country) → entroterra m
Department of the Interior → Ministero degli Interni

interior

(inˈtiəriə) adjective

on, of etc, the inside of (something). the interior walls of a building.

noun

1. the inside of a building etc. The interior of the house was very attractive.

2. the part of a country away from the coast, borders etc. The explorers landed on the coast, and then travelled into the interior.

interior decoration

the art and process of designing, decorating, furnishing etc the insides of houses, offices etc.

interior decorator

a person who does interior decoration.

interior

→ دَاخِلٌ interiér indre Innere εσωτερικό interior sisus intérieur unutrašnjost interni 内側 내부 interieur indre wnętrze interior интерьер inredning ภายใน iç nội thất 内部

in·te·ri·or

a. interior.

interior

adj & n interior m

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Lawrence, soon found that in the rich peltries of the interior, they had sources of wealth that might almost rival the mines of Mexico and Peru.

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"Pardon me," said I, "O Thou Whom I must no longer address as the Perfection of all Beauty; but let me beg thee to vouchsafe thy servant a sight of thine interior."

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They then struck directly westward, across the great chain of California mountains intervening between these interior plains and the shores of the Pacific.

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Not even the mule and ox-cart drivers, whom they would hire to take them into the wilds of the interior would be told of the real object of the search.

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From time to time, on the road which they had carefully left on their left, passed fugitives coming from the interior, at the news of the landing of the royal troops.

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A few venturesome souls crossed the street and rattled the door in its frame; struck matches and held them near the window; attempted to view the black interior. Some of the spectators invited attention to their wit by shouting and groaning and challenging the ghost to a footrace.

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I hired a man and two horses to take me to Bathurst, a village about one hundred and twenty miles in the interior, and the centre of a great pastoral district.

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Armed men rushed from the interior of many a hut and raced madly across the clearing toward the excited sentry.

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But scarce had I fallen ere I felt powerful hands grip my ankles, and in another second I was being drawn within the shelter of the tree's interior. For a moment it was a tug of war between Tars Tarkas and a great plant man, who clung tenaciously to my breast, but presently I got the point of my long-sword beneath him and with a mighty thrust pierced his vitals.

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They proceeded at once to extract the interior mould, for the purpose of clearing out the boring of the piece.

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"In the very heart of an extinct volcano, the interior of which has been invaded by the sea, after some great convulsion of the earth.

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It was not, then, till after standing several minutes on the shore that D'Artagnan saw upon the port, but more particularly in the interior of the isle, an immense number of workmen in motion.