Definition of 'inner'

Adjective

1. 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.
      Synonyms: interior internal
2. located or occurring within or closer to a center; "an inner room"
      Antonyms: outer
3. innermost or essential; "the inner logic of Cubism"; "the internal contradictions of the theory"; "the intimate structure of matter"
      Synonyms: internal intimate
4. confined to an exclusive group; "privy to inner knowledge"; "inside information"; "privileged information"
      Synonyms: inside privileged
5. exclusive to a center; especially a center of influence; "inner regions of the organization"; "inner circles of government"
6. inside or closer to the inside of the body; "the inner ear"

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