{
    "term": "internal",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "academic": true,
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "image": "data/images/in/internal_organs.png",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "connected with the inside of something",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the internal structure of a building"
                },
                {
                    "text": "internal doors"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "connected with the inside of your body",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**internal organs**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "internal bleeding/injuries"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The medicine is not for internal use."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "involving or affecting only the people who are part of a particular organization rather than people from outside it",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The company has launched an **internal investigation** into the claims."
                },
                {
                    "text": "an internal inquiry/review/audit"
                },
                {
                    "text": "an **internal memo/document**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Does the bank to have adequate records, systems and **internal controls**?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the internal workings of government"
                },
                {
                    "text": "internal divisions within the company"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "connected with a country’s own affairs rather than those that involve other countries",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He accused the US of trying to interfere in his country's **internal affairs**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "an alleged threat to the country's **internal security**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "an internal flight *(= within a country)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Nations should be left to resolve their own internal difficulties."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was on an internal flight from London to Manchester."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The civil war led to considerable internal migration."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "coming from within a thing itself rather than from outside it",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a theory that lacks **internal consistency** *(= whose parts are not in agreement with each other)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Some photos contain **internal evidence** *(= fashions, transport, etc.)* that may help to date them."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "happening or existing in your mind",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She struggled with her own **internal conflicts**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "internal struggles/strife"
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "inner"
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈtɜːnl/",
                "audio": "in/internal/internal__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈtɜːrnl/",
                "audio": "in/internal/internal__us_3.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "early 16th cent. (in the sense ‘intrinsic’): from modern Latin internalis, from Latin internus ‘inward, internal’."
}