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# inland

«inland» in Mova's school dictionary: **In or towards the middle of a country, away from the…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (inland); adverb (inland)

### meaning for a pupil

1) In or towards the middle of a country, away from the coast or the sea: an inland town, travel inland. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inland/#m1)

2) Inside one country, not abroad: inland mail (older use). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inland/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In geography, inland places are far from the sea; they often have hotter summers and colder winters than the coast, because the sea keeps coastal weather milder. Inland lakes, rivers and deserts are studied on maps: Lake Superior is a huge inland lake; much of inland Australia is the dry Outback. In everyday life, when there is a storm or tsunami warning, people may be told to move inland and to higher ground. Phrases: "move inland", "inland waterways", "inland sea", "far inland", "head inland".

### examples

- We drove inland, away from the beach. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inland/#x1)
- The inland town is very hot in summer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inland/#x2)
- When the tsunami siren sounds, go inland and uphill. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inland/#x3)
- Much of inland Australia is desert. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inland/#x4)
- The river carried boats far inland. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inland/#x5)
- Seagulls sometimes fly inland when there is a storm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inland/#x6)
- Birmingham is an inland city in England. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inland/#x7)
- The Caspian Sea is a huge inland sea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inland/#x8)
- The crane flew some distance inland and then alighted. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inland/#x9)

### note

Stress: IN-land (adjective) and in-LAND or IN-land (adverb). Opposite: coastal, on the coast. Not to be confused with "island", which is land surrounded by water. Inland means away from the sea, not "inside the land".

### In the corpora

- [Run to high ground or far inland at once, without waiting for a warning.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/233-sea-and-pools/3/)
- [Near the shore a tsunami slows down and piles up, sometimes over 10 metres high, and floods far inland.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/geography/45-tsunamis/7/)
- [Inland, caves are made in a different way: slightly acidic rain dissolves limestone.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/geography/55-coasts-and-caves/4/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «inland» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inland/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.