external
//ɪkˈstɜː.nəl//
formalForms
- Comparative
- more external
- Superlative
- most external
- Plural
- externals
Definitions
1.Outside of something; on the exterior.
- Her virtues graced with external gifts.
- This building has some external pipework.
- Of all external things, […] / She [Fancy] forms imaginations, aery shapes.
2.Capable of being perceived outwardly.
- The external circumstances are greatly different.
3.Provided by something or someone outside of the entity (object, group, company etc.) considered.
4.Relating to or connected with foreign nations or institutions.
1.The exterior; outward features or appearances.
- They had been such declared, such personal enemies, that, even in a court, it seemed wonderful how a decent external could be given to their reconciliation.
2.A variable that is defined in the source code but whose value comes from some external source.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #3068
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Uncommon
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Antonyms
Etymology
From Late Middle English
From Medieval Latin externus (“outward, external”)
From exter/exterus (“on the outside, outward”).