inner
English
/ˈɪnɚ/, /ˈɪnə/
adj
Definitions
- Being or occurring (farther) inside, situated farther in, located (situated) or happening on the inside of something, situated within or farther within contained within something.
- Close to the centre, located near or closer to center.
- Inside or closer to the inside of the body.
- Of mind or spirit, relating to the mind or spirit, to spiritual or mental processes, mental, spiritual, relating to somebody's private feelings or happening in somebody's mind, existing as an often repressed part of one's psychological makeup.
- Not obvious, private, not expressed, not apparent, hidden, less apparent, deeper, obscure; innermost or essential; needing to be examined closely or thought about in order to be seen or understood.
- Privileged, more or most privileged, more or most influential, intimate, exclusive, more important, more intimate, private, secret, confined to an exclusive group, exclusive to a center; especially a center of influence being near a center especially of influence.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English inner inherited from Old English innera inherited from Proto-Indo-European *h₁en (in).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₁en
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Cognates and derived terms
- belt English
- innerbelt English
- innerly English
- innermost English
- innermostly English
- innermostness English
- innerness English
- innernet English
- innerspring English
- innertube English
- innerwear English
- innerweb English
- net English
- spring English
- tube English
- web English
- *h₁en Proto-Indo-European
- *nurþrōzô Proto-Germanic
- innera Old English
- inhirly Middle English
- inner Middle English
- innri Old Norse
- อินเนอร์ Thai
- innar Old High German
- inner Pennsylvania German