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interior

interior

12 4.1
About matters inside a country, not foreign ones
  • adjective
  • /ɪnˈtɪr.i.ər/
translation icon : interior
  • The team he assembled at the Interior Ministry is intact, and his policies toward France's Muslims have become Chirac's policies.
  • interior ministry
  • interior minister
  • interior department

Then we did a interior domestic mission of France called Veggie Parrott, which is anti terrorism.

Examples

  • In October, Mohamed Ali Laroui, spokesman for Tunisia's Interior Ministry, said the number had probably grown to more than four thousand.

    Academic text (2015)
  • What if the Interior Ministry warns the commissioner that day, after having spotted "fight" plans on the web?

  • I have friends in the Interior Ministry.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • Through his committee, he contacted a civil servant in the Interior Ministry.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • The "militarization" of the Interior Ministry was not an isolated event.

    Academic text (1990)
  • I went to the Interior Ministry in Jerusalem at 8:00 in the morning and was given the number 475.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • Upon his return, he was summoned by the Israeli Interior Office to reclaim his papers.

    Academic text (2004)
  • Characteristically, the Interior Ministry sees the hijab in terms of national security.

    Academic text (1996)
  • According to a report by Russia's Interior Ministry, 5.5 million Russians had demonstrated in 30,000 protests during 2009.

    Academic text (2010)
  • The interior of the country has seen significant developments in education and healthcare.

Synonyms

internal
vsinterior
440 3.4

Happening inside a country, organization, or group, not involving outsiders

relates specifically to domestic affairs of a country rather than foreign matters

Antonyms

2.0

About other countries and how a country deals with them

Compounds

A person who plans and decorates the inside of buildings

Planning and decorating the inside of a home or office to make it look nice and work well

A person who plans and chooses the colors, furniture, and fabrics for the inside of a home or office

A United States government department that protects and manages national parks and public lands

A United States government department that manages national parks and public lands

A government official in the US who leads the Department of the Interior and manages public lands and natural resources

7 5.1

A US government official who manages and protects federal lands and resources

Decorating the inside of a building with paint, cloth, and furniture

The art of choosing colors, furniture, and materials for the inside of a building

A door that separates rooms inside a building

interior monologue
  • Literature
1 8.2

A way a writer shows a character's private thoughts as they happen

interior angle
  • Specialized
1 3.9

The space inside a shape with straight sides where two sides meet

interior live oak
  • Specialized
9.3

An evergreen tree with thick leaves that grows in dry hills of western North America

8.9

An area away from the front where the military keeps supplies and has offices

How Domestic

interior
12 4.1
foreign
2.0

Surface Forms

interior positive

Etymology

Interior comes from the root inter- meaning 'inside' and is used for domestic matters, so an interior minister or policy deals with a country's own 'internal' affairs rather than foreign ones.