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Showing words for EXTERNAL using the English dictionary
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Definitions for External
[1] of or relating to the outside or outer part; outer: an external surface.
[2] Medicine/Medical . to be applied to the outside of a body, as a remedy: for external use only.
[3] situated or being outside something; acting or coming from without: external influences.
[4] pertaining to the outward or visible appearance or show: external acts of worship.
[5] pertaining to or concerned with foreign countries: external affairs; external commerce.
[6] Zoology , Anatomy . on the side farthest from the body, the median line, or the center of a radially symmetrical form.
[7] Metaphysics . of or relating to the world of things, considered as independent of the perceiving mind: external world.
[8] the outside; outer surface; exterior.
[9] something that is external.
[10] externals, external features, circumstances, etc.; outward appearance; superficialities.
[11] of, situated on, or suitable for the outside; outer
[12] coming or acting from without external evidence from an independent source
[13] of or involving foreign nations; foreign
[14] of, relating to, or designating a medicine that is applied to the outside of the body
[15] anatomy situated on or near the outside of the body the external ear
[16] education denoting assessment by examiners who are not employed at the candidate's place of study
[17] Australian and NZ (of a student) studying a university subject extramurally
[18] philosophy (of objects, etc) taken to exist independently of a perceiving mind
[19] (often plural) an external circumstance or aspect, esp one that is superficial or inessential
[20] Australian and NZ a student taking an extramural subject
Words related to External
extraneous, foreign, independent, over, surface, alien, exterior, peripheral, out, apparent, outer, outermost, outward, superficial, visible, outmost
Words nearby External
exterminate, exterminator, exterminatory, extermine, extern, external, external acoustic pore, external affairs, external auditory canal, external auditory foramen, external auditory meatus
Origin of External
late Middle English word dating back to 1375–1425; see origin at extern, -al1
Words that may be confused with External
extraneous, external, extrinsic, internal, intrinsic
Other words from External
ex·ter·nal·ly , adverb
non·ex·ter·nal , adjective, noun
non·ex·ter·nal·ly , adverb
qua·si-ex·ter·nal , adjective
qua·si-ex·ter·nal·ly , adverb
sem·i·ex·ter·nal , adjective
sem·i·ex·ter·nal·ly , adverb
sub·ex·ter·nal , adjective
sub·ex·ter·nal·ly , adverb
Word origin for External
C15: from Latin externus outward, from exterus on the outside, from ex out of
Synonyms for External
extraneous, foreign, alien, exterior, independent, out, over, peripheral, surface, apparent, outer, outermost, outmost, outward, superficial, visible