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inner definition
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Grep of noun inner b f skinner beginner boiled dinner breadwinner burrhus frederic skinner cornelia otis skinner dinner grinner inner circle inner city inner ear inner hebrides inner light inner product inner resources inner tube innersole innervation lottery winner medal winner money-spinner mule skinner new england boiled dinner otis skinner pinner prize winner sinner skinner spinner thinner tinner tv dinner web spinner winner Overview of adj inner The adj inner has 6 senses (first 4 from tagged texts) 1. (16) inner, interior, internal -- (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.) 2. (5) inner -- (located or occurring within or closer to a center; "an inner room") 3. (3) inner, internal, intimate -- (innermost or essential; "the inner logic of Cubism"; "the internal contradictions of the theory"; "the intimate structure of matter") 4. (2) inside, inner, privileged -- (confined to an exclusive or group "privy to inner knowledge"; "inside information"; privileged information") 5. inner -- (exclusive to a center; especially a center of influence; "inner regions of the organization"; "inner circles of government") 6. inner -- ((anatomy) inside or closer to the inside of the body; "the inner ear") Antonyms of adj inner 6 senses of inner Sense 1 inner, interior, internal INDIRECT (VIA inward) -> outward Sense 2 inner(postnominal) (vs. outer) outer(postnominal) (vs. inner) => out => outermost, outmost => outside => satellite Sense 3 inner, internal, intimate INDIRECT (VIA intrinsic) -> extrinsic Sense 4 inside, inner, privileged INDIRECT (VIA exclusive) -> inclusive Sense 5 inner INDIRECT (VIA exclusive) -> inclusive Sense 6 inner INDIRECT (VIA internal) -> external Similarity of adj inner 6 senses of inner Sense 1 inner, interior, internal => inward (vs. outward) Sense 2 inner(postnominal) (vs. outer) => central => inmost, innermost => inside Sense 3 inner, internal, intimate => intrinsic (vs. extrinsic), intrinsical Sense 4 inside, inner, privileged => exclusive (vs. inclusive) Sense 5 inner => exclusive (vs. inclusive) Sense 6 inner => internal (vs. external) Attributes of adj inner 1 of 6 senses of inner Sense 2 inner(postnominal) (vs. outer) => position, spatial relation Familiarity of adj inner inner used as an adjective is common (polysemy count = 6) Grep of adj inner inner innermost Overview of adj inner The adj inner has 6 senses (first 4 from tagged texts) 1. (16) inner, interior, internal -- (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.) 2. (5) inner -- (located or occurring within or closer to a center; "an inner room") 3. (3) inner, internal, intimate -- (innermost or essential; "the inner logic of Cubism"; "the internal contradictions of the theory"; "the intimate structure of matter") 4. (2) inside, inner, privileged -- (confined to an exclusive or group "privy to inner knowledge"; "inside information"; privileged information") 5. inner -- (exclusive to a center; especially a center of influence; "inner regions of the organization"; "inner circles of government") 6. inner -- ((anatomy) inside or closer to the inside of the body; "the inner ear")
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