external
/ɛkˈstɜɹ.nəl/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.52 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Outside of something; on the exterior.
adj
Outside of something; on the exterior.
adj
Outside of something; on the exterior.
adj
Provided by something or someone outside of the entity (object, group, company etc.) considered.
adj
Relating to or connected with foreign nations or institutions.
adj
Having existence independent of the mind.
Example Sentences
- "This building has some external pipework."
- "Her virtues graced with external gifts."
- "Of all external things, […] / She [Fancy] forms imaginations, aery shapes."
- "The external circumstances are greatly different."
- "external authority, external force"
- "external trade or commerce; the external relations of a state or kingdom"
Etymology
From Late Middle English, from Medieval Latin externus (“outward, external”), from exter/exterus (“on the outside, outward”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: -, externus
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ɛkˈstɜɹ.nəl/
- British English: /ɪkˈstɜː.nəl/
Inflected Forms
more external (comparative)
most external (superlative)
externall (alternative, obsolete)
externals (plural)