inner
part of speech
adjective
meaning for a pupil
1) Inner means inside, or nearer the middle of something. tree →
2) Inner describes private thoughts and feelings that you do not show, like your inner self. tree →
sense in the lessons
In science, the inner ear helps you hear and balance; the Earth has an inner core and an outer core; the inner planets are Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars. In geography, the inner city is the busy central part of a city. In feelings lessons, your inner voice is the voice of your own thoughts. Phrases: «inner circle», «inner city», «inner core», «inner ear», «inner tube», «inner peace», «inner strength».
examples
- Now she had liers-in-wait abiding in the inner chamber. (Prophets JDG.16.9, JPS 1917) tree →
- And Ben-hadad fled, and came into the city, into an inner chamber. (Prophets 1KI.20.30, JPS 1917) tree →
- Now the temple, and the inner place, and the porches of the court, (Prophets EZK.41.15, JPS 1917) tree →
- The inner planets are closer to the Sun. tree →
- The Earth's inner core is solid metal. tree →
- The inner ear helps you keep your balance. tree →
- She showed great inner strength. tree →
- Draw an inner circle and an outer circle. tree →
- He lives in the inner city. tree →
- The bike's inner tube had a puncture. tree →
- Listen to your inner voice when something feels wrong. tree →
- In the inner garden there were very many deer. tree →
note
Inner is used before a noun: «the inner part», not «the part is inner». Opposite: outer. Similar: inside, internal. «Innermost» means deepest inside.
In the corpora
- Now she had liers-in-wait abiding in the inner chamber.
- And he built the inner court with three rows of hewn stone, and a row of cedar beams.
- And Ben-hadad fled, and came into the city, into an inner chamber.
- And from the forefront of the gate of the entrance unto the forefront of the inner porch of the gate were fifty cubits.
- Then he brought me to the inner court by the south gate; and he measured the south gate according to these measures;
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «inner» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.