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interior definition
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Grep of noun interior department of the interior interior interior angle interior decoration interior decorator interior department interior design interior designer interior door interior live oak interior monologue interior secretary secretary of the interior Overview of noun interior The noun interior has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (16) inside, interior -- (the region that is inside of something) 2. inside, interior -- (the inner or enclosed surface of something) 3. Department of the Interior, Interior Department, Interior -- (the federal department charged with conservation and the development of natural resources; created in 1849) Overview of adj interior The adj interior has 5 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) interior -- (situated within or suitable for inside a building; "an interior scene"; "interior decoration"; "an interior bathroom without windows") 2. home, interior, internal, national -- (inside the country; "the British Home Office has broader responsibilities than the United States Department of the Interior"; "the nation's internal politics") 3. 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.) 4. interior -- (inside and toward a center; "interior regions of the earth") 5. interior, midland, upcountry -- (of or coming from the middle of a region or country; "upcountry districts") Antonyms of adj interior 5 senses of interior Sense 1 interior (vs. exterior) exterior (vs. interior) => out(postnominal) => outside(postnominal) Sense 2 home(postnominal), interior(postnominal), internal, national INDIRECT (VIA domestic) -> foreign Sense 3 inner, interior, internal INDIRECT (VIA inward) -> outward Sense 4 interior INDIRECT (VIA internal) -> external Sense 5 interior, midland, upcountry INDIRECT (VIA inland) -> coastal Similarity of adj interior 5 senses of interior Sense 1 interior (vs. exterior) => indoor => inside(postnominal) Also See-> indoor#1, inside#3 Sense 2 home(postnominal), interior(postnominal), internal, national => domestic (vs. foreign) Sense 3 inner, interior, internal => inward (vs. outward) Sense 4 interior => internal (vs. external) Sense 5 interior, midland, upcountry => inland (vs. coastal) Attributes of adj interior 1 of 5 senses of interior Sense 1 interior (vs. exterior) => position, spatial relation Familiarity of adj interior interior used as an adjective is common (polysemy count = 5) Grep of adj interior interior Overview of noun interior The noun interior has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (16) inside, interior -- (the region that is inside of something) 2. inside, interior -- (the inner or enclosed surface of something) 3. Department of the Interior, Interior Department, Interior -- (the federal department charged with conservation and the development of natural resources; created in 1849) Overview of adj interior The adj interior has 5 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) interior -- (situated within or suitable for inside a building; "an interior scene"; "interior decoration"; "an interior bathroom without windows") 2. home, interior, internal, national -- (inside the country; "the British Home Office has broader responsibilities than the United States Department of the Interior"; "the nation's internal politics") 3. 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.) 4. interior -- (inside and toward a center; "interior regions of the earth") 5. interior, midland, upcountry -- (of or coming from the middle of a region or country; "upcountry districts")
interior definition